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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 it showed less-marked similarity to vanC. A DNA probe, derived from this polymerase chain reaction-amplified gene...
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