caa a22 4500 606155732 CHVBK 20210128100605.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x Environmental survival of vancomycin-sensitive ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm) [Elektronische Daten] [J. Wagenvoort, E. De Brauwer, R. Penders, C. van der Linden, R. Willems, J. Top, M. Bonten] Ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm) has gained increased footholds in many hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and belongs to specific hospital-adapted E. faecium sub-populations. Three AREfm strains survived in an in vitro survival setting for approximately 5.5 years. These findings have important consequences for the epidemiology of AREfm in hospital settings and stress the importance of maintaining a good level of hospital hygiene. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Wagenvoort J. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut De Brauwer E. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut Penders R. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut van der Linden C. Intensive Care Unit, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut Willems R. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Top J. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Bonten M. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/9(2015-09-01), 1901-1903 0934-9723 34:9<1901 2015 34 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wagenvoort J. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Brauwer E. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Penders R. Department of Medical Microbiology, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Postbox 4446, 6401 CX, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Linden C. Intensive Care Unit, Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Heerlen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Willems R. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Top J. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bonten M. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/9(2015-09-01), 1901-1903 0934-9723 34:9<1901 2015 34 10096