title: First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China.
abstract: During 2003 to 2004, class 1 integron was detected in 8 out of 10 tested enterococci isolates, with 2 of them positive for class 2 integron. This is the first report of class 2 integron in Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium.
authors.affiliation: College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhenbo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Shirtliff
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Mohammad Jahangir
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial