Table 1.
Presence and prevalence of replicon families and plasmid prototypes among Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium from 2004–2011.
| No. Isolates (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rep Family | Plasmid Prototype | E. faecalis (n = 47) | E. faecium (n = 110) |
| 1 | pIP501 | 1 (2.1) | 7 (6.4) |
| 2 | pRE25 | 2 (4.3) | 9 (8.2) |
| 3 | pAW63 | 19 (40.4) | 26 (23.6) |
| 4 | pMBB1 | ND | ND |
| 5 | pSAS/pN315 | ND | 5 (4.5) |
| 6 | pS86 | 9 (19.1) | 12 (10.9) |
| 7 | pUSA02 | 1 (2.1) | ND |
| 8 | pAM373 | ND | 3 (2.7) |
| 9 | pCF10 | 32 (68.1) | 44 (40) |
| 10 | pIM13 | ND | ND |
| 10b * | pSK6 | ND | ND |
| 11 | pEF1071 | 13 (27.7) | 26 (23.6) |
| 12 * | pBMB67 | ND | ND |
| 13 | pC194 | ND | ND |
| 14 | pRI | 5 (10.6) | 9 (8.2) |
| 15 | pUSA03 | ND | ND |
| 16 | pSAS | ND | ND |
| 17 | pRUM | 1 (2.1) | ND |
| 18 | pEF418 | 3 (6.4) | 7 (6.4) |
| 19 | pUB101 | 9 (19.1) | 13 (11.8) |
| Unique | pMG1(pHTβ) | 3 (6.4) | 3 (2.7) |
* PCR performed without positive control. ND = none detected.