LOW-LEVEL VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE IN CLOSTRIDIUM-INNOCUUM

Authors
MORY F LOZNIEWSKI A DAVID V CARLIER JP DUBREUIL L LECLERCQ R
Citation
F. Mory et al., LOW-LEVEL VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE IN CLOSTRIDIUM-INNOCUUM, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(6), 1998, pp. 1767-1768
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1767 - 1768
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:6<1767:LVRIC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Low-level vancomycin resistance was observed for 28 clinical Clostridi um innocuum isolates and C. innocuum NCIB 10674, whereas teicoplanin w as active. DNA from three clinical isolates and the type strain could not be amplified by PCR with primers specific for the genes vanA, vanB , and vanC, suggesting that C. innocuum is intrinsically resistant to vancomycin.