TABLE 2.
Allelic profiles (MLST), PFGE types, and vancomycin-resistance genes for selected bloodstream-infecting E. faecium isolates from Italy
| Strain | Country (area)a | PFGE subtype | Resistance gene | MLST type | Allele at:
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atpA | ddl | gdh | purK | gyd | pstS | adk | |||||
| AE1 | IT (C) | 1.1 | vanA | ST78 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AE20b | IT (S) | 1.1 | vanA | ST78 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AE10 | IT (N) | 1.7 | vanA | ST78 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AE15 | IT (N) | 1.10 | vanA | ST78 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AE12 | IT (N) | 2.0 | vanB | ST209 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A0007 | UK | vanA | ST17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| R05 | AU | vanB | ST17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| A0008c | AU | ST17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
a
IT, Italy; UK, United Kingdom; AU, Australia; C, central; S, southern; N, northern.
b
Resistant to quinupristin-dalfopristin.
c
Susceptible to vancomycin.