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High Genetic Diversity of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing from a Hospital in Malaysia
Joint Authors
Ramli, Ramliza
Weng, Poh Leng
Cheah, Yoke-Kqueen
Shamsudin, Mariana Nor
Hamat, Rukman Awang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-05-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Little is known on the genetic relatedness and potential dissemination of particular enterococcal clones in Malaysia.
We studied the antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis and subjected them to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST).
E.
faecium and E.
faecalis displayed 27 and 30 pulsotypes, respectively, and 10 representative E.
faecium and E.
faecalis isolates (five each) yielded few different sequence types (STs): ST17 (2 isolates), ST78, ST203, and ST601 for E.
faecium, and ST6, ST16, ST28, ST179, and ST399 for E.
faecalis.
Resistance to tazobactam-piperacillin and ampicillin amongst E.
faecium isolates was highly observed as compared to E.
faecalis isolates.
All of the isolates were sensitive to vancomycin and teicoplanin.
The presence of epidemic and nosocomial strains of selected E.
faecium STs: 17, 78, and 203 and E.
faecalis ST6 as well as high rates of resistance to multiple antibiotics amongst E.
faecium isolates is of a particular concern.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Weng, Poh Leng& Ramli, Ramliza& Shamsudin, Mariana Nor& Cheah, Yoke-Kqueen& Hamat, Rukman Awang. 2013. High Genetic Diversity of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing from a Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031124
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Weng, Poh Leng…[et al.]. High Genetic Diversity of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing from a Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031124
American Medical Association (AMA)
Weng, Poh Leng& Ramli, Ramliza& Shamsudin, Mariana Nor& Cheah, Yoke-Kqueen& Hamat, Rukman Awang. High Genetic Diversity of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Multilocus Sequence Typing from a Hospital in Malaysia. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1031124
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1031124