Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of VanA Enterococcus isolated during the first nosocomial outbreak in Brazil |
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Authors: | Zanella Rosemeire C Brandileone Maria Cristina C Bokermann Sérgio Almeida Samanta C G Valdetaro Fábio Vitório Fábio Moreira Maria de Fátima A Villins Margarete Salomão Reinaldo Pignatari Antonio Carlos C |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Bacteriology, Institute Adolfo Lutz, S?o Paulo, Brazil. cobo@ial.sp.gov.br |
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Abstract: | We report the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of 50 VanA Enterococcus clinical isolates from infected patients and 97 isolates from colonized patients obtained during a nosocomial outbreak in a single hospital in S?o Paulo, Brazil during 1998. The identification of strains to the species level by conventional biochemical and phenotypic tests and by multiplex PCR assay had 100% agreement. Both E. faecalis and E. faecium were isolated from patients during this outbreak. The vanA genotype was confirmed by PCR. Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed that E. faecium isolates are generally less susceptible to antibiotics than E. faecalis. By PCR, 24 of 26 VRE strains tested carried the Tn1546 element. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis identified five distinct patterns for E. faecalis (A, B, C, D, E) and three for E. faecium (M, N, and O). A single PFGE pattern was identified in the majority of strains of each species and does not discriminate between case and carrier isolates. |
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