Novel vanA-carrying plasmid in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus avium

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Jun;53(6):876-877. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Authors

Odette J Bernasconi¹, Luigi Principe², Valentina Viaggi², Francesco Luzzaro², Andrea Endimiani³

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 51, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland.
² Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy.
³ Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 51, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30981925
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.04.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics*
Gene Order
Genome, Bacterial
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Plasmids / analysis*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / genetics*
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
VanA ligase, Bacteria
Carbon-Oxygen Ligases