Structures, Locations, and Transfer Frequencies of Genetic Elements Conferring High-Level Gentamicin Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis Isolates in Greece

AUTOR(ES)

Daikos, George L.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The elements conferring high-level gentamicin resistance in 64 clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis were characterized by PCR and by restriction enzyme hybridization analysis of genomic and plasmid DNA. There was a strong association between gentamicin resistance and the aac(6′)-aph(2") gene carried on IS256-based elements with different structures, locations, and transfer characteristics.

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