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VanB phenotype-vanA genotype Enterococcus faecium with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Park Il Joong, Lee Wee Gyo, Shin Jong Hee, Lee Kyung Won, Woo Gun Jo
Abstract excerpt
Six VanB phenotype-vanA genotype isolates of Enterococcus faecium with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance which gave rise to an outbreak at a Korean tertiary care teaching hospital have IS1216V in the coding region of vanS. This could be the underlying cause of the VanB phenotype-vanA genotype with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance.
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