vanA-containing Enterococcus faecium susceptible to vancomycin and teicoplanin because of major nucleotide deletions in Tn1546 | Zendy

Simon Gag | Zendy; Simon Lévesque | Zendy; Brigitte Lefebvre | Zendy; Anne–Marie Bourgault | Zendy; AnnieClaude Labbé | Zendy; Michel Roger | Zendy

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vanA-containing Enterococcus faecium susceptible to vancomycin and teicoplanin because of major nucleotide deletions in Tn1546

Author(s) -

Simon Gag,

Simon Lévesque,

Brigitte Lefebvre,

Anne–Marie Bourgault,

AnnieClaude Labbé,

Michel Roger

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr379

Subject(s) - teicoplanin , enterococcus faecium , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , biology , antibiotics , genetics , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus

During the course of routine screening for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), we found six Enterococcus faecium isolates positive for vanA by PCR, but susceptible to vancomycin and teicoplanin by phenotypic testing. The aim of this study was to characterize the genetic composition of the Tn1546 vanA gene cluster of these isolates.

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