Article
A gene conferring resistance to vancomycin but not teicoplanin in isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium demonstrates homology with vanB, vanA, and vanC genes of enterococci.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1993
Gold H S, Unal S, Cercenado E, Thauvin-Eliopoulos C, Eliopoulos G M, Wennersten C B, Moellering R C
Abstract excerpt
We report the sequence of a 630-bp fragment of a gene associated with resistance to high levels of vancomycin in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis which retained susceptibility to teicoplanin. This gene was similar to the recently sequenced vanB and partially homologous with vanA, but i...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Conjugation, Genetic
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Enterococcus faecium
- Genes, Bacterial
- Glycopeptides
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype