Characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREF) isolate from a dog with mastitis: further evidence of a clonal lineage of VREF in New Zealand.
We report here on the characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREF) isolated from a dog with mastitis. The isolate was positive for the vanA, ermB, and tet(M) genes, with vanA and ermB carried on the same transferable plasmid. Comparison of this isolate with VREF from poultry and human sources in New Zealand demonstrated identical SmaI macrorestriction patterns and Tn1546-like elements. This is further evidence of a clonal lineage of VREF in New Zealand.
Manson
Janet M
JM
Department of Microbiology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Keis
Stefanie
S
Smith
John M B
JM
Cook
Gregory M
GM
D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009520:New Zealand; D010957:Plasmids; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements