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. 2018 Aug 1;31(4):e00088-17. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00088-17

TABLE 2.

IS and composite transposons associated with resistance genes in staphylococci and enterococci

ISa Tn Determinant Associated resistance(s) Hostb
IS16 Tn1547 vanB1 Vancomycin E
IS256 cfr Phenicols/lincosamides/oxazolidinones/pleuromutilins/streptogramin A S
Tn1547 vanB1 Vancomycin E
Tn4001 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin S
Tn5281 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin E
Tn5384 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin E
Tn5384 erm(B) MLS antibiotics E
IS257c aadD Kanamycin/neomycin/paromomycin/tobramycin S
aphA-3 Kanamycin/neomycin S
bcrAB Bacitracin S
ble Bleomycin S
dfrK Trimethoprim S
erm(C) MLS antibiotics S
fosB5 Fosfomycin S
fusB Fusidic acid S
ileS2 (mupA) Mupirocin S
qacC Antiseptics/disinfectants S
sat4 Streptothricin S
tet(K) Tetracycline S
tet(L) Tetracycline S
vat(A) Streptogramin A S
vga(A) Streptogramin A/pleuromutilins/lincosamides S
vgb(A) Streptogramin B S
Tn924 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin E
Tn4003 dfrA Trimethoprim S
Tn6072 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin S
Tn6072 spc Spectinomycin S
IS1182 Tn5405 aadE Streptomycin S, E
Tn5405 aphA-3 Kanamycin/neomycin S, E
Tn5405 sat4 Streptothricin S, E
IS1216 cfr Phenicols/lincosamides/oxazolidinones/pleuromutilins/streptogramin A E
str Streptomycin E
Tn5385 aacA-aphD Gentamicin/kanamycin/tobramycin E
Tn5385 aadE Streptomycin E
Tn5385 blaZ Penicillins E
Tn5385 erm(B) MLS antibiotics E
Tn5385 tet(M) Tetracycline/minocycline E
Tn5482 vanA Vancomycin E
Tn5506 vanA Vancomycin E
IS1272 TnSha1 fabI Triclosan S
TnSha2 fabI Triclosan S
IS21-558 cfr Phenicols/lincosamides/oxazolidinones/pleuromutilins/streptogramin A S
lsa(B) Lincosamides S
ISEnfa4 cfr Phenicols/lincosamides/oxazolidinones/pleuromutilins/streptogramin A S, E
ISSau10 aadD Kanamycin/neomycin/paromomycin/tobramycin S
dfrK Trimethoprim S
erm(C) MLS antibiotics
erm(T) MLS antibiotics S
tet(L) Tetracycline S
a

Information is available from references cited in the text as well as from other references (16, 412, 494507).

b

S, Staphylococcus; E, Enterococcus.

c

IS257 is also known as IS431.