Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2002) 50, 253-256
© 2002 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Association between the vanB2 glycopeptide resistance operon and Tn1549 in enterococci from France

Unité des Agents Antibactériens, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Received 22 January 2002; returned 17 April 2002; revised 24 April 2002; accepted 30 April 2002
Linkage between the vanB2 gene cluster and transposon Tn1549 was found in clonally unrelated VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. strains isolated in France. The transposon was chromosomally located or plasmid borne.
* Present address. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan.
Present address. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Dupeytren, Limoges, France.
¶ Corresponding author. Tel: +33-1-45-68-83-18; Fax: +33-1-45-68-83-19; E-mail: galimand{at}pasteur.fr
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