First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr in Enterococcus faecalis of animal origin.

ABSTRACT: The multiresistance gene cfr was identified for the first time in an Enterococcus faecalis isolate of animal origin. The 32,388-bp plasmid pEF-01, which carried the cfr gene, was sequenced completely. Three copies of the insertion sequence IS1216 were identified in pEF-01, and the detection of a cfr- and IS1216-containing amplicon by inverse PCR suggests that IS1216 may play a role in the dissemination of cfr by a recombination process.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3294887 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature