Variation within the vat (E) Allele of Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Retail Poultry Samples
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- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 45 (10) , 2931-2932
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.45.10.2931-2932.2001
Abstract
In a survey of retail meat samples, twelve quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant (MICs, ≥4 mg/liter) Enterococcus faecium isolates that carried a vat (E) gene were recovered. DNA sequence comparison revealed five new variations in the vat (E) allele among 12 isolates, which were designated vat (E-4) through vat (E-8); two isolates had vat (E-1). There was no correlation between the number of base changes and the quinupristin-dalfopristin MIC.Keywords
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