First description in Europe of the emergence of Enterococcus faeciumST117 carrying both vanAand vanBgenes, isolated in Greece

Autor: Papagiannitsis, C.C., Malli, E., Florou, Z., Medvecky, M., Sarrou, S., Hrabak, J., Petinaki, E.
Zdroj: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance; December 2017, Vol. 11 Issue: 1 p68-70, 3p
Abstrakt: •First report in Europe (Greece) of a ST117 Enterococcus faeciumcarrying both vanAand vanBgenes.•vanAwas carried on a plasmid exhibiting high similarity to pA6981 previously characterised from E. gallinarumA6981.•vanBwas part of a Tn1549-like transposon integrated into the chromosome.•Full resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin (MICs=256mg/L correlated with the presence of intact vanZand vanSgenes).
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