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. 2018 Apr 19;8:6274. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24614-6

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Spatio-temporal location of patients who tested positive for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) at the Royal Hobart Hospital. (a) Transmission of vanB ST796 VREfm from closely-related screening isolates belonging to Phylogenetic Clade 1 (PC1) to clinical patient 16C_RHH005. (b) Transmission of vanA ST80 VREfm among patients with isolates belonging to Phylogenetic Clade 2 (PC2). The movement of patients following admission to the Royal Hobart Hospital through to date of discharge are indicated with respect to time (x-axis) and hospital location (y-axis). The colour of each line represents each patient (dotted line – screening patient; solid line – clinical patient).