First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China

Zhenbo Xu; Lin Li; Mark E Shirtliff; Brian M Peters; Yi Peng; Mohammad Jahangir Alam; Shinji Yamasaki; Lei Shi

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.014

First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;68(3):315-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.014. Epub 2010 Sep 16.

Authors

Zhenbo Xu¹, Lin Li, Mark E Shirtliff, Brian M Peters, Yi Peng, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Shinji Yamasaki, Lei Shi

Affiliation

¹ College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

PMID: 20846812
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.014

Abstract

During 2003 to 2004, class 1 integron was detected in 8 out of 10 tested enterococci isolates, with 2 of them positive for class 2 integron. This is the first report of class 2 integron in Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Child, Preschool
China
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Integrons*
Male
Middle Aged
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

DNA, Bacterial