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Fig. 1 | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

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From: Interhospital transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Aomori, Japan

Fig. 1

The medical regions in Aomori prefecture and the transmission of VREf. The map shows the locations of the fourteen hospitals in which interhospital VREf transmissions occurred within the six medical regions in Aomori. Red arrows show reference or transfer of VREf carrier between hospitals. Blue arrows show tracking of possible VREf carrier from other hospitals or the area of hospitals in which an outbreak occurred. The described date is the date on which a VREf carrier was detected. Hospitals indicated by the solid black circles had intra-institutional spread of VREf, and required long-lasting strict countermeasures to end the outbreak

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