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SUBMITTER: Sarti M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3256721 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarti Mario M Campanile Floriana F Sabia Carla C Santagati Maria M Gargiulo Raffaele R Stefani Stefania S
Journal of clinical microbiology 20111109 1
We describe here the isolation of 8 beta-lactamase-producing multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in 2010. All strains showed diverse pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles, all belonging to the same clonal complex, CC17. By PCR and hybridization experiments, the entire blaZ-blaI-blaR1 operon was found. The beta-lactamase activity was demonstrated at a high inoculum and in the presence of methicillin after overnight incubation. ...[more]