title: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium harbouring vanN in Canada: a case and complete sequence of pEfm12493 harbouring the vanN operon.
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Nosocomial Infections, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lévesque
authors.affiliation: CHUQ Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Anne-Claude
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.affiliation: Antimicrobial Resistance & Nosocomial Infections, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada george.golding@phac-aspc.gc.ca.
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Golding
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002170:Canada; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D010957:Plasmids; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D014640:Vancomycin
keywords: Enterococcus faecium; d-Ala-d-Ser ligase; vancomycin resistance