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Medical Microbiology • Braz. J. Microbiol. 37 (2) • June 2006 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822006000200004   copy

Emergence of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype in vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Brazilian hospital

Emergência de enterococos resistentes à vancomicina com fenótipo VanB e genótipo vanA em hospital brasileiro

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In Brazil, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been reported as nosocomial pathogens since 1998. Recently, in a VRE surveillance in a hospital, we detected two Enterococcus faecalis isolates with vanA genotype and susceptible to teicoplanin. This is the first report of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype enterococci isolated from humans in Brazil.

enterococci; vanA genotype; VanB phenotype; vancomycin; VRE

Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia USP - ICB III - Dep. de Microbiologia, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2415, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP - Brasil, Ramal USP 7979, Tel. / Fax: (55 11) 3813-9647 ou 3037-7095 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
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