PlasmidContent of a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolate from a Patient Also Colonized by Staphylococcusaureus with a VanAPhenotype
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- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 47 (12) , 3954-3959
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.47.12.3954-3959.2003
Abstract
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 Tn 1546 -like element) and erythromycin; pAM831 encodes resistances to gentamicin, streptomycin, and erythromycin.Keywords
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