Open AccessSequence Analysis of Enterococcus faecium Strain 10/96A (VanD4), the Original Vancomycin-Resistant E. faecium Strain in Brazil
Author(s) -
Ilana Lopes Baratella da Cunha Camargo,
Líbera Maria Dalla-Costa,
Neil Woodford,
Michael S. Gilmore,
Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00509-06
Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , strain (injury) , biology , enterococcus , typing , sequence analysis , outbreak , virology , genetics , genotype , antibiotics , gene , anatomy
Enterococcus faecium strain 10/96A (VanD4) was the first vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) isolated in Brazil. Subsequent Brazilian VRE strains have all had the VanA phenotype. Multilocus sequence typing showed that strain 10/96A was isolated sporadically, has a unique sequence type (ST 281), and was not the progenitor of the VRE strains isolated from hospital outbreaks in Brazil.
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