VanB phenotype-vanA genotype Enterococcus faecium with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance.

ABSTRACT: Six VanB phenotype-vanA genotype isolates of Enterococcus faecium with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance which gave rise to an outbreak at a Korean tertiary care teaching hospital have IS1216V in the coding region of vanS. This could be the underlying cause of the VanB phenotype-vanA genotype with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance.

SUBMITTER: Park IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2546774 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature