Abstract

Twenty seven isolates of vancomycin resistant Enterococci based on the disk diffusion and E- test have been screened; being found eight (0.3%) clinical isolates of vanA & vanB through Taq Man Real Time PCR assay. This study shows the presence of both vanA & vanB genotypes in vanA phenotypes clinical isolates in the three hospitals in Iran.

Details

Title
Detection of both vanA & vanBgenes in vanA phenotypes of Enterococci by Taq Man RT-PCR
Author
Mirzaei, Bahman; Babaei, Ryhane; Asiabar, Akbar Pour Dadash; Bameri, Zakaria
Pages
161-165
Section
Medical Microbiology
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
15178382
e-ISSN
16784405
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1803063458
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015