Characterization of the first VanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated in a Spanish hospital

Lorenzo-Diaz F; Delgado T; Reyes-Darias JA; Flores C; Mendez-Alvarez S; Villar J; Sierra A; Claverie-Martin F

Current Microbiology, Vol.48, No.3, 199-203, 2004

DOI10.1007/s00284-003-4125-2 Export Citation

Characterization of the first VanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated in a Spanish hospital

Lorenzo-Diaz F, Delgado T, Reyes-Darias JA, Flores C, Mendez-Alvarez S, Villar J, Sierra A, Claverie-Martin F

We report the detection and characterization of the first vancomycin-resistant VanB-type Enterococcus faecium to be isolated in a Spanish hospital. Sequence analysis of the vanB gene showed that this isolate belonged to subtype vanB2. Moreover, PCR amplification analysis indicated that the vanB gene cluster was linked to a Tn5382-like transposon.