First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China.
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.
Xu
Zhenbo
Z
College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Li
Lin
L
Shirtliff
Mark E
ME
Peters
Brian M
BM
Peng
Yi
Y
Alam
Mohammad Jahangir
MJ
Yamasaki
Shinji
S
Shi
Lei
L
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial