title: Plasmid-borne high-level resistance to gentamicin in Enterococcus hirae, Enterococcus avium, and Enterococcus raffinosus.
abstract: Enterococcus hirae, E. avium, and E. raffinosus isolated in Romania, Tunisia, and Portugal harbored plasmids pICC8, pIP1700, and pIP1701, respectively, encoding resistance to high levels of gentamicin (Gmr). The Gmr marker was carried on pIP1700 by a Tn4001-like element and on pICC8 and pIP1701 by Tn4001-truncated structures. pICC8 carried, in addition to Gmr, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and tetracycline-minocycline (TetM) resistance determinants. The gene tetM of pICC8 was carried on a Tn916-like element.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Staphylocoques et des Streptocoques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Straut
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Cespédès
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horaud
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011174:Portugal; D012383:Romania; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D005839:Gentamicins