Abstract
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a multidrug-resistant pathogen in hospital settings. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of a high-level vancomycin-resistant strain, E. faecium ATCC 51559, which is employed as a standard laboratory vanA genotype-positive control strain for clinical and laboratory studies.
Highlights
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a multidrug-resistant pathogen in hospital settings
We present the draft genome sequence of a high-level vancomycin-resistant strain, E. faecium ATCC 51559, which is employed as a standard laboratory vanA genotype-positive control strain for clinical and laboratory studies
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolates that exhibit a high level of resistance to vancomycin carry the vanA gene, which is present on a 10.8-kb transposon, Tn1546 [3]
Summary
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a multidrug-resistant pathogen in hospital settings. We present the draft genome sequence of a high-level vancomycin-resistant strain, E. faecium ATCC 51559, which is employed as a standard laboratory vanA genotype-positive control strain for clinical and laboratory studies. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) cause one-third of the most common bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients [1, 2].
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