Abstract
The purpose was to study conjugal transfer of resistance genes between a multi-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolate and a sensitive E. faecium isolate. Co-transfer of erm(B)-Tn 5405-like element and aac(6 ′)- Ie-aph(2 ″)- Ia was obtained in both in vivo and in vitro. Plasmid profiles and Southern blots showed that both the erm(B)-Tn 5405-like element and aac(6 ′)- Ie-aph(2 ″)- Ia were placed on the same large plasmid (>147 kb). These data show to our knowledge the first co-transfer of the erm(B)-Tn 5405-like element and aac(6 ′)- Ie-aph(2 ″) -Ia. The in vivo study also indicates that transfer of resistance genes between enterococci might occur under natural conditions in the gut of animals.
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