First report of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Uberaba, Minas Gerais state

Conceição, NatáliaDarini, Ana Lúcia da CostaPalazzo, Izabel Cristina VanzatoOliveira, Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata deOliveira, Adriana Gonçalves de

In this study we report the first isolation of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains from two different patients hospitalized in the same intensive care unit at the hospital of Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

1. Enterococcus faecalis
2. vanA genotyping
3. vancomycin resistance