Non-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Penicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Clinical Setting

Daniel Eymard; Andre Dascal; John Hiscott; Sonia Gioseffini; Janet Stevenson; Joseph Portnoy; Jack Mendelson

doi:10.1155/1990/252859

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1990)

Non-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Penicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Clinical Setting

Daniel Eymard,
Andre Dascal,
John Hiscott,
Sonia Gioseffini,
Janet Stevenson,
Joseph Portnoy,
Jack Mendelson

Affiliations

Daniel Eymard: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Andre Dascal: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John Hiscott: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sonia Gioseffini: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Janet Stevenson: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Joseph Portnoy: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jack Mendelson: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Sir Mortimer B Davis – Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1990/252859
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 73 – 76

Abstract

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Six clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium highly resistant to penicillin are reported. These strains did not produce beta-lactamase and no plasmid DNA could be detected. It is postulated that the mechanism of resistance is one or more chromosomally mediated alterations of penicillin-binding proteins.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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