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| Title |
The first report of the vanC1 gene in Enterococcus faecium isolated from a human clinical specimen
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1590/0074-0276140019 |
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| Authors |
Mingyue Sun, Yue Wang, Zhongju Chen, Xuhui Zhu, Lei Tian, Ziyong Sun |
| Abstract |
The vanC₁ gene, which is chromosomally located, confers resistance to vancomycin and serves as a species marker for Enterococcus gallinarum. Enterococcus faecium TJ4031 was isolated from a blood culture and harbours the vanC₁gene. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were performed to detect vanXYc and vanTc genes. Only the vanXYc gene was found in the E. faecium TJ4031 isolate. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of vancomycin and teicoplanin were 2 µg/mL and 1 µg/mL, respectively. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR results revealed that the vanC₁ and vanXYc genes were not expressed. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and southern hybridisation results showed that the vanC₁ gene was encoded in the chromosome. E. faecalis isolated from animals has been reported to harbour vanC₁gene. However, this study is the first to report the presence of the vanC₁gene in E. faecium of human origin. Additionally, our research showed the vanC₁gene cannot serve as a species-specific gene of E. gallinarum and that it is able to be transferred between bacteria. Although the resistance marker is not expressed in the strain, our results showed that E. faecium could acquire the vanC₁gene from different species. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 32 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 23% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1,065
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