Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium harbouring vanN in Canada: a case and complete sequence of pEfm12493 harbouring the vanN operon.

Boyd, David A; Lévesque, Simon; Picard, Anne-Claude; Golding, George R

Boyd, David A; Lévesque, Simon; Picard, Anne-Claude; Golding, George R.

Affiliation

Boyd DA; Antimicrobial Resistance & Nosocomial Infections, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Lévesque S; Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Picard AC; CHUQ Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Golding GR; Antimicrobial Resistance & Nosocomial Infections, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada george.golding@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

J Antimicrob Chemother ; 70(7): 2163-5, 2015 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25754999

Subject(s)

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology; Enterococcus faecium/drug effects; Enterococcus faecium/genetics; Genes, Bacterial; Plasmids; Vancomycin Resistance; Vancomycin/pharmacology; Canada; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Gene Order; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/microbiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Sequence Data; Operon; Sequence Analysis, DNA

Key words

Enterococcus faecium; d-Ala-d-Ser ligase; vancomycin resistance

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Plasmids / Vancomycin / Enterococcus faecium / Vancomycin Resistance / Genes, Bacterial / Anti-Bacterial Agents Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: J Antimicrob Chemother Year: 2015 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canada

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