First Isolation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Carrying Plasmid-Borne <i>vanD1</i>

  • Junzo Hisatsune
    Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
  • Koichi Tanimoto
    Laboratory of Bacterial Drug Resistance, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
  • Tadahiro Kohara
    Hiroshima University Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Yoshinari Myoken
    Department of Oral Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Yoshiharu Tomita
    Laboratory of Bacterial Drug Resistance, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
  • Motoyuki Sugai
    Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

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<jats:p> Vancomycin-resistant <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Enterococcus faecium</jats:named-content> carrying the <jats:italic>vanD1</jats:italic> gene on plasmid pEF-D was isolated from a fecal sample of a hospitalized patient in Japan. The strain JH5687 showed moderate resistance to vancomycin (MIC, 16 μg/mL) but remained susceptible to teicoplanin (MIC, 1 μg/mL). </jats:p>

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