Transferable, Plasmid-Mediated VanB-Type Glycopeptide Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

AUTOR(ES)

Rice, Louis B.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

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.

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