Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from humans and retail chickens in Taiwan with unique VanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence.
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) with VanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence were found in all 39 VRE isolated from chicken carcasses and four human VRE isolates in Taiwan. Three identical mutations in the vanS gene were found in the VanB phenotype-vanA genotype VRE sequenced. This finding indicates possible transmission of glycopeptide resistance among different hosts.
Lauderdale
Tsai-Ling
TL
Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China. lauderdale@nhri.org.tw
McDonald
L Clifford
LC
Shiau
Yih-Ru
YR
Chen
Pei-Chen
PC
Wang
Hui-Yin
HY
Lai
Jui-Fen
JF
Ho
Monto
M
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D013624:Taiwan; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C079913:VanB protein, Enterococcus; C073901:VanS protein, Enterococcus; D011494:Protein Kinases