Geographic Distribution of a Large Mobile Element That Transfers Ampicillin and Vancomycin Resistance between Enterococcus faecium Strains
| Autor: | Claudia Hoyen, Louis B. Rice, Jennifer A. Hanrahan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Enterococcus faecium
Microbial Sensitivity Tests Drug resistance Biology Microbiology Bacterial Proteins Amp resistance Mechanisms of Resistance Ampicillin medicine Pharmacology (medical) Antibacterial agent Pharmacology Genetics Genetic transfer Vancomycin Resistance biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification United States Anti-Bacterial Agents Repressor Proteins Infectious Diseases DNA Transposable Elements Vancomycin Mobile genetic elements Ampicillin Resistance medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 44:1349-1351 |
| ISSN: | 1098-6596 0066-4804 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/aac.44.5.1349-1351.2000 |
| Popis: | In several clonally unrelated VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains, we demonstrated a common physical relationship between pbp5 and Tn 5382 as well as common mutations within pbp5 . The majority of these strains transferred vancomycin and ampicillin resistance to E. faecium in vitro, suggesting the dissemination of similar transferable pbp5-vanB -containing mobile elements throughout the United States. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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