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Transferable vanB2 Tn5382-containing elements in fecal streptococcal strains from veal calves.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2003
Dahl Kristin H, Sundsfjord Arnfinn
Abstract excerpt
Three vancomycin-resistant veal calf fecal streptococci, identified as Streptococcus gallolyticus (n = 2) and Streptococcus lutetiensis, were shown to harbor vanB2 Tn5382-like elements earlier described in enterococci. One S. gallolyticus strain had a 1,495-bp IS256-related element inserted in vanS(B). The vanB2 Tn5382 element present in the plasmid-free S. lutetiensis strain was transferable to Enterococcus...
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