First case of vanA-positive Enterococcus mundtii in human urinary tract infection in Iran

M. Sharifi-Rad; S. Shadanpour; A. van Belkum; A. Soltani; J. Sharifi-Rad

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.005

New Microbes and New Infections (May 2016)

First case of vanA-positive Enterococcus mundtii in human urinary tract infection in Iran

M. Sharifi-Rad,
S. Shadanpour,
A. van Belkum,
A. Soltani,
J. Sharifi-Rad

Affiliations

M. Sharifi-Rad: Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran
S. Shadanpour: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
A. van Belkum: bioMérieux SA, Unit Microbiology, R&D Microbiology, La Balme Les Grottes, France
A. Soltani: Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
J. Sharifi-Rad: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.005
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. C
pp. 68 – 70

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We cultured enterococci from urinary tract infections in Iranian hospitals. Seven different Enterococcus species (E. raffinosus, E. durans, E. hirae, E. avium, E. mundtii, E. faecium and E. faecalis) were found. Seven strains were vancomycin resistant, leading to an overall vancomycin resistance rate of 3.9%. The enterococcal infection rate was high and vancomycin-resistant enterococci incidence low. We report the first vanA-positive E. mundtii urinary tract infections.

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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