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Clustering of polyc...
Clustering of polyclonal VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a low-endemic area was associated with CC17-genogroup strains harbouring transferable vanB2-Tn5382 and pRUM-like repA containing plasmids with axe-txe plasmid addiction systems
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- Bjørkeng, Eva (author)
- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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- Rasmussen, Gunlög, 1973- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper
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- Sundsfjord, Arnfinn (author)
- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Sjöberg, Lennart (author)
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Hegstad, Kristin (author)
- Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, University Hospital of North-Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Söderquist, Bo, 1955- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Hälsoakademin,Department of Infectious Diseases and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- 2011-02-25
- 2011
- English.
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In: Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0903-4641 .- 1600-0463. ; 119:4-5, s. 247-258
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- VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates (n = 17) from 15 patients at the Örebro University hospital in Sweden during a span of 18 months was characterized. All patients had underlying disorders and received broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) grouped 14 isolates in three PFGE types and three isolates in unique PFGE patterns. All isolates had multi-locus sequence types [ST17 (n = 5); ST18 (n = 3); ST125 (n = 7); ST262 (n = 1); ST460 (n = 1)] belonging to the successful hospital-adapted clonal complex 17 (CC17), harboured CC17-associated virulence genes, were vanB2-positive and expressed diverse vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs; 8 to > 256 mg/L). Isolate 1 had a unique PFGE type and a chromosomal transferable vanB2-Tn5382 element. Interestingly, the other five PFGE types had Tn5382 located on plasmids containing pRUM-like repA and a plasmid addiction system (axe-txe) shown by co-hybridization analysis of PFGE-separated S1-nuclease digested total DNA. The resistance plasmids were mainly of 120-kb and supported intraspecies vanB transfer. Two strains were isolated from patient 6 and we observed a possible transfer of the vanB2-resistance genes from PFGE type III ST460 to a more successful PFGE type I ST125. This latter PFGE type I ST125 became the predominant type afterwards. Our observations support the notion that vanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium can persist in a low-endemic area through successful clones and plasmids with stability functions in hospital patients with known risk factors.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Immunologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Immunology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- E; faecium; VRE; axetxe; CC17
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