Probiotic Enterococcus faecium Strain Is a Possible Recipient of the vanA Gene Cluster

The characteristics of Enterococcus faecium have led to concern regarding the safety of probiotics that contain this bacterium. The results of an in vitro filter mating assay indicate that a probiotic E. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of vancomycin resistance genes.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2001-05, Vol.32 (9), p.1384-1385
Hauptverfasser:	Lund, Bodil, Edlund, Charlotta
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacterial Proteins - genetics Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports Carbon-Oxygen Ligases - genetics Conjugation, Genetic Cultured milk products Diarrhea Electrophoresis Enterococcus faecium Enterococcus faecium - genetics Gastrointestinal tract Gels Genes Genes, Bacterial Humans Medical sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap Multigene Family Pharmacology. Drug treatments Probiotics Vancomycin Resistance - genetics Volunteerism
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Zusammenfassung:	The characteristics of Enterococcus faecium have led to concern regarding the safety of probiotics that contain this bacterium. The results of an in vitro filter mating assay indicate that a probiotic E. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of vancomycin resistance genes.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/319994