First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;68(3):315-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.014. Epub 2010 Sep 16.

Abstract

During 2003 to 2004, class 1 integron was detected in 8 out of 10 tested enterococci isolates, with 2 of them positive for class 2 integron. This is the first report of class 2 integron in Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child, Preschool
  • China
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Integrons*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial