Fig. 2

Phylogeny and relatedness of Enterococcus faecium isolated from networked healthcare facilities. a Maximum likelihood tree of 51 VRE positive isolates cultured from the stool of three study participants labelled by participant and week (dark blue), one VSE carriage isolate from the LTCF carrying vanB (light blue), 41 VRE isolates from patients with bloodstream infection in 2012 at the nearby acute NHS Trust (orange) and four VSE isolates carrying vanB from patients with bloodstream infection (brown). b Enlarged view of closely related isolates from P7 and P15 and isolates associated with bloodstream infection. c Enlarged view of tree containing closely related isolates from P15 and isolates associated with bloodstream infection