Identification of a multiresistant mosaic plasmid carrying a new segment of IS1216E-flanked optrA with integrated Tn551-ermB element in linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis human isolate

• Masaki Iimura,
• Wataru Hayashi,
• Eriko Arai,
• Tatsuya Natori,
• Kazuki Horiuchi,
• Go Matsumoto,
• Hayato Tanaka,
• Eiji Soga,
• Yukiko Nagano,
• Yoshichika Arakawa,
• Noriyuki Nagano

Affiliations

Masaki Iimura

Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan

Wataru Hayashi

Department of Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Nagano, Japan

Eriko Arai

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Tatsuya Natori

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Kazuki Horiuchi

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Go Matsumoto

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Nagano, Japan

Hayato Tanaka

Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan

Eiji Soga

Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan

Yukiko Nagano

Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Yoshichika Arakawa

Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Noriyuki Nagano

Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan; Department of Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Nagano, Japan; Corresponding author.