Genetic characteristics of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Cuba

D. Quiñones; M.S. Aung; J.P. Sousa Martins; N. Urushibara; N. Kobayashi

New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2018)

Genetic characteristics of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Cuba

D. Quiñones,
M.S. Aung,
J.P. Sousa Martins,
N. Urushibara,
N. Kobayashi

Affiliations

D. Quiñones: Department of Bacteriology-Mycology, Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, Havana, Cuba
M.S. Aung: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
J.P. Sousa Martins: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Faculty of Health Science, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
N. Urushibara: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
N. Kobayashi: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Corresponding author: N. Kobayashi, Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1 W-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
pp. 125 – 127

Abstract

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VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolates from bloodstream infections in Cuba were genetically characterized. Enterococcus faecalis isolates were assigned to sequence type (ST) 28, closely related to Eastern Europe, while Enterococcus faecium belonged to ST262, ST656 and ST1349, and showed different genetic profiles. Keywords: Cuba, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, ST, VanA

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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