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.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
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Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics*
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Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
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Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
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Genes, Bacterial / genetics*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Plasmids / genetics*
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Vancomycin / pharmacology
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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DNA, Bacterial
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Vancomycin