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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2006, p. 2217-2221, Vol. 50, No. 6
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01541-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

VanG-Type Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Strains Isolated in Canada

David A. Boyd,1 Tim Du,1 Romeo Hizon,1 Brynn Kaplen,1 Travis Murphy,1 Shaun Tyler,1 Shirley Brown,2 Frances Jamieson,2 Karl Weiss,3 Michael R. Mulvey,1* and the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,1 Central Public Health Laboratory, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,2 Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada3

Received 1 December 2005/ Returned for modification 2 January 2006/ Accepted 26 March 2006

Enterococcus faecalis G1-0247 (vancomycin MIC, 16 µg/ml) was found to harbor a vanG operon 99% identical to the vanG operon in E. faecalis BM4518. E. faecalis N03-0233 (vancomycin MIC, 16 µg/ml) was found to harbor a novel vanG operon, vanG2, on an element in a different chromosomal location than the vanG-harboring elements in G1-0247 and BM4518.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2. Phone: (204) 789-2133. Fax: (204) 789-5020. E-mail: Michael_mulvey{at}phac-aspc.gc.ca.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2006, p. 2217-2221, Vol. 50, No. 6
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01541-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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