Clonal dissemination of Enterococcus faecalis ST201 and Enterococcus faecium CC17-ST64 containing Tn5382-vanB2 among 16 hospitals in Chile.
We report the clonal dissemination of ST201 Enterococcus faecalis carrying Tn5382-vanB2 and of CC17-ST64 Enterococcus faecium carrying Tn5382-vanB2-ISEnfa110 among 16 hospitals in four geographically distant regions in Chile. This is the first epidemiological characterization of vancomycin resistance in Chile, and also the first report of interhospital dissemination of enterococcal vanB2 in South America.
López
M
M
Area de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain.
Hormazábal
J C
JC
Maldonado
A
A
Saavedra
G
G
Baquero
F
F
Silva
J
J
Torres
C
C
del Campo
R
R
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005838:Genotype; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C079913:VanB protein, Enterococcus