Heteroresistance to teicoplanin in Enterococcus faecium harboring the vanA gene

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4194-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01802-09. Epub 2009 Oct 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics*
  • China / epidemiology
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Teicoplanin / pharmacology*
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • VanA ligase, Bacteria
  • Teicoplanin
  • Vancomycin
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU599211