Genetic characteristics of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Cuba

D Quiñones; M S Aung; J P Sousa Martins; N Urushibara; N Kobayashi

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.001

Genetic characteristics of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Cuba

New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Dec 8:21:125-127. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.001. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

D Quiñones¹, M S Aung², J P Sousa Martins^{2

3}, N Urushibara², N Kobayashi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bacteriology-Mycology, Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, Havana, Cuba.
² Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
³ Faculty of Health Science, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

Abstract

VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolates from bloodstream infections in Cuba were genetically characterized. Enterococcus faecalis isolates were assigned to sequence type (ST) 28, closely related to Eastern Europe, while Enterococcus faecium belonged to ST262, ST656 and ST1349, and showed different genetic profiles.

Keywords: Cuba; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; ST; VanA.