Sequence Analysis of Enterococcus faecium Strain 10/96A (VanD4), the Original Vancomycin-Resistant E. faecium Strain in Brazil
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Camargo, I. L. B. C., L. M. Dalla Costa, N. Woodford, M. S. Gilmore, and A. L. C. Darini. 2006. Sequence Analysis of Enterococcus Faecium Strain 10/96A (VanD4), the Original Vancomycin-Resistant E. Faecium Strain in Brazil. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44, no. 7: 2635–2637. doi:10.1128/jcm.00509-06.Abstract
Enterococcus faecium strain 10/96A (VanD4) was the first vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) isolated in Brazil. Subsequent Brazilian VRE strains have all had the VanA phenotype. Multilocus sequence typing showed that strain 10/96A was isolated sporadically, has a unique sequence type (ST 281), and was not the progenitor of the VRE strains isolated from hospital outbreaks in Brazil.Terms of Use
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