Inter-hospital dissemination of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Brazil
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2004-03-01
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Cordeiro, JCR 
Silbert, Suzane
Reis, A. O.
Sader, Helio Silva
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The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 73 glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates from nine hospitals in Brazil were analysed by the disk diffusion method and Etests. Isolates were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and vancomycin resistance genes were detected by PCR. the isolates shared a single major PFGE pattern, with six subtypes, and all were positive for vanA. These results indicate the occurrence of inter-hospital dissemination of glycopeptide-resistant E. faecalis in São Paulo, and raise concerns about the rapid dissemination of this pathogen throughout Brazil.
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, v. 10, n. 3, p. 260-262, 2004.