Open AccessMolecular characterization of virulence genes in vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-sensitive enterococci
Author(s) -
Prabir Kumar Biswas,
Sangeeta Dey,
Aninda Sen,
Luna Adhikari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.176141
Subject(s) - virulence , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , biology , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , enterococcus , polymerase chain reaction , gene , phenotype , cytolysin , biofilm , feces , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics , staphylococcus aureus
The aim of this study was to find out the correlation between presence of virulence (gelatinase [gel E], enterococcal surface protein [esp], cytolysin A [cyl A], hyaluronidase [hyl], and aggregation substance [asa1]) and vancomycin-resistant genes (van A and van B) in enterococci, with their phenotypic expression.