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Characterisation of VanA and VanB elements from glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Greece.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2001
Demertzi E, Palepou M-F I, Kaufmann M E, Avlamis A, Woodford N
Abstract excerpt
Ten glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from separate patients in Laikon General Hospital, Athens were studied. Eight isolates had the VanA phenotype and represented variants of three strains based on SmaI macrorestriction banding patterns. Their VanA elements were compared with the prototype element, Tn1546, by an overlapping PCR method. Three related isolates contained resistance elements...
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