title: Sequence analysis of Enterococcus faecium strain 10/96A (VanD4), the original vancomycin-resistant E. faecium strain in Brazil.
abstract: Enterococcus faecium strain 10/96A (VanD4) was the first vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) isolated in Brazil. Subsequent Brazilian VRE strains have all had the VanA phenotype. Multilocus sequence typing showed that strain 10/96A was isolated sporadically, has a unique sequence type (ST 281), and was not the progenitor of the VRE strains isolated from hospital outbreaks in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, and Hospital de Clinicas, Curitiba, Brazil 14040-903.
authors.forename: Ilana L B C
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.forename: Libera M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Dalla Costa
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Woodford
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gilmore
authors.forename: Ana L C
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Darini
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial