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WGS was performed on the MiSeq and MinION sequencer platforms. Core-genome MLST (cgMLST) and seven-loci MLST were performed. Plasmid analysis was performed using S1-PFGE followed by Southern-blot hybridization.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Both E. faecium isolates were ST203. AST revealed that one was a vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VREfm) isolate and the other was a vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium (VSEfm) isolate. The VREfm isolate harboured the vanA gene cluster as part of a Tn1546-type transposon encoded on a 49\u2009kb multireplicon (rep1, rep2 and rep7a) plasmid (pAML0157.1). On the same plasmid, ant(6)-Ia, cat-like and erm(B) were encoded. The VSEfm isolate harboured a rep2 plasmid (pAML0158.1), 12\u2009kb in size, which was present in full length as part of pAML0157.1 from the VREfm isolate. The vanA-encoding pAML0157.1 was a chimera of the rep2 pAML0158.1 and a second DNA segment harbouring vanA, ant(6)-Ia, erm(B) and cat-like, as well as the replicons rep1 and rep7a. By cgMLST analysis, the VREfm and VSEfm isolates were identical.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our results demonstrate that the VREfm and VSEfm blood culture isolates represented ST203 and were identical. The investigated heterogeneous resistance phenotypes resulted from the acquisition or loss of plasmid segments in the enterococcal isolates. 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