Possible horizontal transfer of the vanB2 gene among genetically diverse strains of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Korean hospital.

Abstract:

:A total of 25 isolates of vanB-containing Enterococcus faecium were recovered from patients in a single Korean hospital over a 20-month period. There were two distinct vanB2 patterns among the 11 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types; 17 contained the prototype vanB2 and 8 contained a novel vanB2 with a 177-bp deletion in vanY(B). Both vanB2 genes were transmissible in vitro at a mean frequency of 1.1 x 10(-8) transconjugants/donor. These results suggest the horizontal spread of vanB2 is occurring among genetically diverse strains of E. faecium in Korean hospitals.

journal_name

J Clin Microbiol

authors

Lee WG,Jernigan JA,Rasheed JK,Anderson GJ,Tenover FC

doi

10.1128/JCM.39.3.1165-1168.2001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1165-8

issue

3

eissn

0095-1137

issn

1098-660X

journal_volume

39

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