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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Molecular characterization of van genes found in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. isolated from Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
Autores: | Caiaffa Filho,H.H.; Almeida,G.D.; Oliveira,G.A.; Sarahyba,L.; Mamizuka,E.M.; Burattini,M.N.
Data: | 2003-06-01
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | Enterococci; Vancomycin resistance; Hospital infections.
Resumo: | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci strains (VRE) is an important pathogen related with hospital infections in many countries, presenting limited or no therapeutic options for treating serious infections. VRE has presented some different genotypes been VanA and VanB considered to be the most important in hospital environments. In the present study the authors investigated the prevalence of van genes (A, B an C) among clinical isolates of VRE in a five month period at a large tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results showed the presence of vanA, but not vanB or vanC in all 43 strains of E. faecalis and five E. faecium studied. The results bring an important issue, due to the possibility of resistance spread of vanA genes, to be monitored and solved by the hospital infection control team and the microbiology and molecular biology laboratories at tertiary Hospitals.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000300001
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702003000300001
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.7 n.3 2003
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess