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. 2006 Oct 30;51(1):231–238. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00576-06

TABLE 3.

Representative enterococcal isolates: origins, antimicrobial MICs, and resistance genes

Isolate Site-datea MIC (μg/ml)b
Resistance gene(s)c
erm(B)-aadE-sat4-aphA-3 gene cluster
VAN PEN ERY TET DOX MIN CHL RIF van tet erm Aminoglycosides
E. faecalis 5744 Urine-4/2 2 2 >8 >16 8 16 16 0.5 — tet(M) erm(B) aac(6′)-aph(2") −
E. faecalis 5743 Rectum-4/2 2 2 >8 >16 4 8 8 1 — tet(M) erm(B) aadE, aphA-3 −
E. faecalis 5742 Rectum-4/02 2 2 >8 >16 4 8 8 1 vanA tet(M) erm(B) aac(6′)-aph(2"), aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecium 2547 Neph. tube-4/15 128 128 >8 >16 16 32 8 >4 vanA tet(L), tet(M), tet(S), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-aph(2"), aac(6′)-Ii, aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecium 5749 Urine-4/02 128 128 >8 >16 8 16 4 >4 — tet(L), tet(M), tet(S), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-aph(2"), aac(6′)-Ii, aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecium 5750 Urine (cath)-4/20 256 256 >8 >16 16 32 8 4 vanA tet(L), tet(M), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-aph(2"), aac(6′)-Ii, aadE −
E. faecium 5751 Urine (cath.)-4/20 256 256 >8 >16 16 16 ≤2 >4 vanA tet(L), tet(M), tet(S), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-Ii, aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecium 5752 Urine (neph.)-4/20 128 128 >8 >16 16 32 8 >4 vanA tet(L), tet(M), tet(S), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-aph(2"), aac(6′)-Ii, aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecium 5753 Rectum-4/20 256 256 >8 >16 8 16 4 >4 vanA tet(L), tet(M), tet(S), tet(U) erm(B), msrC aac(6′)-aph(2"), aac(6′)-Ii, aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecalis 5745 Rectum-4/20 2 2 >8 >16 4 8 8 1 vanA tet(M) erm(B) aac(6′)-aph(2"), aadE, aphA-3 +
E. faecalis 5746 Rectum-4/20 2 2 >8 ≤0.5 ≤0.25 0.12 16 2 — — erm(B) aac(6′)-aph(2"), aadE, aphA-3 −
a

Date is shown as month/day. Neph., nephrostomy; cath., catheter.

b

CHL, chloramphenicol; DOX, doxycycline; ERY, erythromycin; MIN, minocycline; PEN, penicillin; RIF, rifampin; TET, tetracycline; VAN, vancomycin.

c

—, gene not detected by PCR.