Prevalence of the vanB2 gene cluster in vanB glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and its association with a Tn5382-like element

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Jan;45(1):367-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.1.367-368.2001.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Enterococcus / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • VanB protein, Enterococcus
  • Vancomycin