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Investigation of vanA and vanB Genes in Vancomycin-Susceptible Enterococcal Strains

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
AIM: The study aimed to investigate vanA/vanB resistance genes and to determine the frequency of vancomycin-variable enterococci(VVE). BACKGROUND: Enterococci that are phenotypically-susceptible to vancomycin but harbor glycopeptide resistance genes are ...
Merve Gürler, Zeynep Ceren Karahan, Ebru Evren, Fazıl Alper Tekeli   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Xpert vanA / vanB Assay Using Enriched Inoculated Broths for Direct Detection of vanB Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014
ABSTRACT Rapid and accurate detection of VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci) is required for adequate antimicrobial treatment and infection prevention measures. Previous studies using PCR for the detection of VRE, including Cepheid's Xpert vanA / vanB assay, reported accurate ...
Zhou, X., Arends, Jan Paul, Kampinga, G. A., Ahmad, H. M., Dijkhuizen, B., van Barneveld, P., Rossen, J. W. A., Friedrich, A. W.   +7 more
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The changing epidemiology of VanB Enterococcus faecium in Poland [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2018
Increasing prevalence of VanB Enterococcus faecium in Polish hospitals reported to National Reference Centre for Susceptibility Testing (NRCST) prompted us to investigate the basis of this phenomenon. Two-hundred seventy-eight E. faecium isolates of VanB phenotype from the period 1999 to 2010 obtained by NRCST were investigated by multilocus sequence ...
Ewa Sadowy, Iwona Gawryszewska, Alicja Kuch, Dorota Żabicka, Waleria Hryniewicz   +4 more
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Fecal carriage of vanB antibiotic resistance gene affects adipose tissue function under vancomycin use

Gut Microbes, 2022
Detrimental consequences of antibiotic treatment may include long-lasting disruption of the gut microbiota. Previous studies found no negative effects of antibiotics on metabolic health, although individualized responses were observed.
Lars M. M. Vliex, Giang N. Le, Marina Fassarella, Dorien Reijnders, Gijs H. Goossens, Erwin G. Zoetendal, John Penders, Ellen E. Blaak   +7 more
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Investigation of the introduction and dissemination of vanB Enterococcus faecium in the Capital Region of Denmark and development of a rapid and accurate clone-specific vanB E. faecium PCR

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021
Abstract Background During 2018–19, an increase of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) was observed in the Capital Region of Denmark. vanA/vanB PCR performed directly on rectal swabs is accurate in detection of vanA; however, the positive predictive value for vanB-positive samples ...
Mette Pinholt, Sarah Mollerup, Kit Boye, Peder Worning, Barbara Juliane Holzknecht, Sanne Nygaard, Karen Leth Nielsen, Henrik Hasman, Louise Roer, Anette M. Hammerum, Henrik Westh, Kristian Schønning   +11 more
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Evaluation of Virulence Factors and Detection of vanA, vanB and esp Genes from Clinical Isolates of Vancomycin - Resistant Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018
The great attention of scientific researches about vancomycin- resistant Enterococcus faecalis due to the great healthy problems in the world. Evaluation of E.
Haider S. Kadhem
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Emergence and characterisation of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Here we describe the detection and characterisation of three isolates of vancomycin-resistant VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis. Sequence analysis suggested that these isolates harboured the vanB1 gene.
Vânia Lúcia Carreira Merquior, Adriana Rocha Faria, Filomena Soares Pereira da Rocha, Jaqueline Martins Morais, Felipe Piedade Gonçalves Neves, Lúcia Martins Teixeira   +5 more
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Vancomycin-resistant vanB-type Enterococcus faecium isolates expressing varying levels of vancomycin resistance and being highly prevalent among neonatal patients in a single ICU [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2012
Background Vancomycin-resistant isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are of special concern and patients at risk of acquiring a VRE colonization/infection include also intensively-cared neonates. We describe here an ongoing high prevalence of VanB type
Werner Guido, Klare Ingo, Fleige Carola, Geringer Uta, Witte Wolfgang, Just Heinz-Michael, Ziegler Renate   +6 more
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Adaptation and validation of a quantitative vanA/vanB DNA screening assay on a high-throughput PCR system

Scientific Reports
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are a leading cause of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections in Europe. The bacterial load in enteral colonization may be associated with a higher probability of transmission.
Katja Giersch, Konstantin Tanida, Anna Both, Dominik Nörz, Denise Heim, Holger Rohde, Martin Aepfelbacher, Marc Lütgehetmann   +7 more
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Epidemiology, treatment and outcomes of bloodstream infection due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci in cancer patients in a vanB endemic setting [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) is an important cause of infection in immunocompromised populations. Few studies have described the characteristics of vanB VRE infection.
Ouli Xie, Monica A. Slavin, Benjamin W. Teh, Ashish Bajel, Abby P. Douglas, Leon J. Worth   +5 more
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