FIRST REPORT OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS IN UBERABA, MINAS GERAIS STATE

被引:2
作者
Conceicao, Natalia
da Costa Darini, Ana Lucia [2 ]
Vanzato Palazzo, Izabel Cristina [2 ]
Hueb Barata de Oliveira, Cristina da Cunha
de Oliveira, Adriana Goncalves [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Triangulo Mineiro, Dept Ciencias Biol, Disciplina Microbiol, BR-38015050 Uberaba, MG, Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut Ribeirao Preto, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
关键词
vancomycin resistance; Enterococcus faecalis; vanA genotyping; GLYCOPEPTIDE RESISTANCE; DNA; RNA;
D O I
10.1590/S1517-83822010000100007
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In this study we report the first isolation of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains from two different patients hospitalized in the same intensive care unit at the hospital of Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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