Structures, Locations, and Transfer Frequencies of Genetic Elements Conferring High-Level Gentamicin Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis Isolates in Greece
AUTOR(ES)
Daikos, George L.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The elements conferring high-level gentamicin resistance in 64 clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis were characterized by PCR and by restriction enzyme hybridization analysis of genomic and plasmid DNA. There was a strong association between gentamicin resistance and the aac(6′)-aph(2") gene carried on IS256-based elements with different structures, locations, and transfer characteristics.
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