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VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2009
Périchon Bruno, Courvalin Patrice
Abstract excerpt
Since 2002, nine methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains that are also resistant to vancomycin (VRSA) have been reported in the United States, including seven clinical isolates from Michigan. The strains harbor a plasmid-borne Tn1546 element following conjugation from a glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus strain. In the second step, Tn1546 transposed to a resident plasmid in five...
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