Plasmid Content of a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolate from a Patient Also Colonized by Staphylococcus aureus with a VanA Phenotype

AUTOR(ES)

Flannagan, Susan E.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis coisolated with vancomycin-resistant (VanA) Staphylococcus aureus was found to contain two plasmids, designated pAM830 (45 kb) and pAM831 (95 kb). pAM830, found to be conjugative and closely related to the Inc18 family of broad-host-range conjugative plasmids, encodes resistances to vancomycin (via a Tn1546-like element) and erythromycin; pAM831 encodes resistances to gentamicin, streptomycin, and erythromycin.

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