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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2002, p. 525-527, Vol. 46, No. 2
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.525-527.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Humans and Retail Chickens in Taiwan with Unique VanB Phenotype-vanA Genotype Incongruence

Tsai-Ling Lauderdale,1* L. Clifford McDonald,2 Yih-Ru Shiau,1 Pei-Chen Chen,1 Hui-Yin Wang,1 Jui-Fen Lai,1 and Monto Ho1

Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China,1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 402922

Received 14 May 2001/ Returned for modification 9 June 2001/ Accepted 15 October 2001

Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) with VanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence were found in all 39 VRE isolated from chicken carcasses and four human VRE isolates in Taiwan. Three identical mutations in the vanS gene were found in the VanB phenotype-vanA genotype VRE sequenced. This finding indicates possible transmission of glycopeptide resistance among different hosts.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, 128, Section 2, Yen-Chiu-Yuan Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China. Phone: 886-2-2653-4401. Fax: 886-2-2789-0254. E-mail: lauderdale{at}nhri.org.tw.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2002, p. 525-527, Vol. 46, No. 2
0066-4804/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.2.525-527.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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