Rice LB, Carias LL, Donskey CL, Rudin SD. Transferable, plasmid-mediated vanB-type glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecium.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998;
42:963-4. [PMID:
9559822 PMCID:
PMC105581 DOI:
10.1128/aac.42.4.963]
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Abstract
An approximately 60-kb transferable, vanB-carrying plasmid has been identified in a clinical Enterococcus faecium strain. A similar plasmid has been observed in an unrelated E. faecium strain, suggesting that plasmid transfer of vanB operons occurs in nature and plays a role in the dissemination of VanB-type resistance among strains of E. faecium.
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