Geographic Distribution of a Large Mobile Element That Transfers Ampicillin and Vancomycin Resistance between Enterococcus faecium Strains Article (Web of Science)

abstract

  • ABSTRACT In several clonally unrelated VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains, we demonstrated a common physical relationship between pbp5 and Tn 5382 as well as common mutations within pbp5 . The majority of these strains transferred vancomycin and ampicillin resistance to E. faecium in vitro, suggesting the dissemination of similar transferable pbp5-vanB -containing mobile elements throughout the United States.

authors

  • Hoyen, Claudia
  • Rice, Louis B.

publication date

  • 2000

webpage

published in

number of pages

  • 2

start page

  • 1349

end page

  • 1351

volume

  • 44

issue

  • 5