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First report of class 2 integron in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium in South China

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 68; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.014

1879-0070

Zhenbo Xu, Li Lin, Mark E. Shirtliff, Brian M. Peters, Yi Peng, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Shinji Yamasaki, Lei Shi,

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

During 2003 to 2004, class 1 integron was detected in 8 out of 10 tested enterococci isolates, with 2 of them positive for class 2 integron. This is the first report of class 2 integron in Enterococcus faecalis and class 1 integron in Enterococcus faecium.