Emergence and characterisation of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Here we describe the detection and characterisation of three isolates of vancomycin-resistant VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis. Sequence analysis suggested that these isolates harboured the vanB1 gene. The isolates were susceptible to the majority of antimicrobial agents tested, with the exception of...

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Main Authors: Vânia Lúcia Carreira Merquior, Adriana Rocha Faria, Filomena Soares Pereira da Rocha, Jaqueline Martins Morais, Felipe Piedade Gonçalves Neves, Lúcia Martins Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000400020&lng=en&tlng=en