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Emergence of a vanG-carrying and multidrug resistant ICE in zoonotic pathogen Streptococccus suis.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Aug 2018
Huang Jinhu, Chen Li, Li Daiwei, Wang Mengli, Du Fanshu, Gao Yi, Wu Zuowei, Wang Liping
Abstract excerpt
Vancomycin resistance occurs frequently in Enterococcus species, but has not yet been reported in Streptococcus suis, a previously neglected, newly emergent zoonotic pathogen. In this study, we tested the vancomycin susceptibility of 256 human and swine S. suis isolates from 2005 to 2016 and analyzed the mechanism of vancomycin resistance. We found that one isolate BSB6 was resistant to vancomycin with the MIC...
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