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No regional spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with vanA or vanB in Kitakyushu, Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2004
Outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection occur sporadically in Japan, and their frequency has been gradually increasing. We experienced a nosocomial outbreak of VRE in two hospitals in the city of Kitakyushu, and the spread of VRE strains was suspected in this area.
Tetsuro Muratani
exaly   +3 more sources

Identification of a new gene, vanV, in vanB operons of Enterococcus faecalis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2011
Subinhibitory concentrations of vancomycin are known to induce a cell-wall stimulon in some Gram-positive pathogens, but this has never been studied in the genus Enterococcus. In this study, Enterococcus faecalis V583 strain was submitted to a subinhibitory concentration of vancomycin.
Tânia, Ribeiro, Sofia, Santos, Maria Isabel Martins, Marques, Michael, Gilmore, Maria, de Fátima Silva Lopes   +4 more
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Real-time PCR for the rapid detection of vanA and vanB genes

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2003
A real-time PCR assay suitable for use on the Roche LightCycler platform was developed to replace an existing gel-based PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the vanA & vanB genes in enterococcal isolates. Novel Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) hybridization probes were designed. The multiplex real-time PCR assay and the existing gel-
Silvano, Palladino, Ian D, Kay, Anna Maria, Costa, Erica J, Lambert, James P, Flexman   +4 more
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Automated molecular detection of the vancomycin resistance genes vanA and vanB using the geneLEAD VIII platform [PDF]

Access Microbiology
Yasufumi Matsumura, Koh Shinohara, Miki Nagao   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

In Vivo Development of Teicoplanin Resistance in a VanB Enterococcus faecium Isolate

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1993
Acquired vancomycin resistance in enterococci may be associated with teicoplanin susceptibility (VanB) or teicoplanin resistance (VanA). This paper characterizes the first instance of in vivo emergence of teicoplanin resistance in an Enterococcus faecium strain of VanB phenotype. Vancomycin-resistant (MIC, 256/512 micrograms/mL) E. faecium was isolated
M K, Hayden, G M, Trenholme, J E, Schultz, D F, Sahm   +3 more
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Description of an Enterococcus faecium genotype vanB outbreak in a hospitalization ward

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Abstract Background and objectives: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) infections have increased in the last years. Hospital outbreaks have been described with a challenging microbiological diagnosis and control of the transmission.
M, Andrés, A, Fajardo, M C, García, L, Grau, Y, Angulo, V, Marín, V, Plasencia, G, Santillana, E, Jiménez, M, Ballestero   +9 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Detection of VRE: vanA and vanB Genes by PCR

2010
In clinical laboratories the phenotypic detection of low-level vancomycin resistance in enterococci is problematic. Rapid detection of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE), in particular those that carry the vanA or vanB genes, may minimize transmission within a hospital and therefore reduce the risk of colonization and infection.
Merlino, J., Kay, I., Coombs, Geoffrey, Palladino, S.   +3 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Cepheid GeneXpert vanA/vanB assay ver. 1.0 to detect the vanA and vanB vancomycin resistance genes in Enterococcus from perianal specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2011
Rapid detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) carriers could be useful to health care facilities to minimize transmission. To that end, we compared the performance of the Cepheid GeneXpert vanA/vanB assay with that of direct and broth-enriched culture methods for detection of VRE from perianal swabs.
Erin S, Marner, Donna M, Wolk, Jeanne, Carr, Carolyn, Hewitt, Lorraine L, Dominguez, Thomas, Kovacs, Desiree R, Johnson, Randall T, Hayden   +7 more
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Identification of VanB-Type Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus gallinarum from Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 1996
In late January 1996, pus obtained from a periproctal abscess on an acute myeloid leukemia patient in Toho University Omori Hospital yielded Enterococcus gallinarum strain TUH327. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing by the agar dilution method showed that this strain was resistant to low levels of vancomycin but remained susceptible to teicoplanin ...
Yoshikazu, Ishii, Akira, Ohno, Satoko, Kashitani, Morihiro, Iwata, Keizo, Yamaguchi   +4 more
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Genomic epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Eastern Denmark from 2020 to 2022, and identification of vanB Tn1549 insertion sites [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Mette Pinholt, Pinholt Mette, Marvig Rasmus L   +2 more
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