Emergence of vanA Genotype Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci with Low or Moderate Levels of Teicoplanin Resistance in Korea.
In Korea, vancomycin-resistant enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens since the late 1990s, and most vancomycin-resistant enterococcal isolates have been VanA phenotype-vanA genotype strains. In 2001, we experienced an outbreak of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a university hospital. This is the first report of VanB-vanA vancomycin-resistant enterococci from humans in Korea.
Eom
Joong-Sik
JS
Department of Internal Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hwang
In-Sook
IS
Hwang
Byung-Yoen
BY
Lee
Jae-Gab
JG
Lee
Yeon-Joo
YJ
Cheong
Hee-Jin
HJ
Park
Yong-Ho
YH
Park
Seung-Chul
SC
Kim
Woo-Joo
WJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / Q000235:genetics*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C071437:VanA ligase, Bacteria; C079913:VanB protein, Enterococcus; D017334:Teicoplanin; D019729:Carbon-Oxygen Ligases