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Abstract

We identified a novel gene cluster in a clinical isolate with vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 4 µg/mL. The ligase gene, , was part of a operon cluster of 4,589 bp on a putative novel integrative conjugative element located in a ca 98 kb genomic region presumed to be acquired by horizontal gene transfer from and sp. 499. Screening for genes in strains with borderline susceptibility to vancomycin is important.

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Novel vancomycin resistance gene cluster in Enterococcus faecium ST1486, Belgium, June 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Basil+Britto+Xavier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Xavier Basil Britto</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jasmine+Coppens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Coppens Jasmine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sien+De+Koster&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">De Koster Sien</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sahaya+Glingston+Rajakani&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rajakani Sahaya Glingston</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sam+Van+Goethem&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Van Goethem Sam</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Samy+Mzougui&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mzougui Samy</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ahalieyah+Anantharajah&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Anantharajah Ahalieyah</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christine+Lammens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lammens Christine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Katherine+Loens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Loens Katherine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Youri+Glupczynski&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Glupczynski Youri</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Herman+Goossens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Goossens Herman</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Veerle+Matheeussen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Matheeussen Veerle</a></span>. Novel vancomycin resistance gene cluster in Enterococcus faecium ST1486, Belgium, June 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(36):pii=2100767. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.36.2100767" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.36.2100767</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 29 Jul 2021 </span> </p>
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