Identification of vat(E-3), a novel gene encoding resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin in a strain of Enterococcus faecium from a hospital patient in the United Kingdom [3]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 645-646

  Soltani, M ^a   Beighton, D ^a   Philpott Howard, J ^a   Woodford, N ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALFOPRISTIN; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOGRAMIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0035141744     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.2.645-646.2001     Document Type: Letter

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1. Detection of the satA gene and transferability of virginiamycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium from food-animals
2. SatG, conferring resistance to streptogramin A, is widely distributed in Enterococcus faecium strains but not in staphylococci
3. Quinupristin/dalfopristin, a new addition to the antimicrobial arsenal
4. Identification of the satA gene encoding a streptogramin A acetyltransferase in Enterococcus faecium BM4145
5. Mechanisms of resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin among isolates of Enterococcus faecium from animals, raw meat, and hospital patients in Western Europe
6. Quinupristin/dalfopristin-resistant enterococci of the satA (vatD) and satG (vatE) genotypes from different ecological origins in Germany