First report of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Uberaba, Minas Gerais state

First report of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Uberaba, Minas Gerais state

In this study we report the first isolation of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains from two different patients hospitalized in the same intensive care unit at the hospital of Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Veröffentlicht in:Brazilian journal of microbiology 2010-01, Vol.41 (1), p.34-36
Hauptverfasser: Conceição, Natália(Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro), Darini, Ana Lúcia da Costa(Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto), Palazzo, Izabel Cristina Vanzato(Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto), Oliveira, Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata de(Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro), Oliveira, Adriana Gonçalves de(Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro)
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Bacteria
Bacteriology
Drug resistance
Enterococcus faecalis
Medical
MICROBIOLOGY
vanA genotyping
vancomycin resistance
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Zusammenfassung:In this study we report the first isolation of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains from two different patients hospitalized in the same intensive care unit at the hospital of Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
ISSN:1517-8382
1678-4405
1678-4405
DOI:10.1590/S1517-83822010000100007