Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium carrying Tn1546-plasmid rep17 found in Algerian maternity wards
Two hospitalised patients in obstetrics and gynaecology departments in northeastern Algeria, recovering from post-operative wound infections, turned out to be carrying something far more alarming than routine surgical site infections. Twenty days apart, clinicians isolated two strains of Enterococcus faecium from their
