Abstract
Resistance to the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin in enterococci, is phenotypically and genotypically heterogeneous. Three glycopeptide resistance phenotypes, VanA, VanB, and VanC, account for most glycopeptide resistance in enterococci; they can be distinguished on the basis of the level and inducibility of resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin.
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Patel, R., Uhl, J.R., Cockerill, F.R. (2001). Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of vanA, vanB, vanC-1, and vanC-2/3 Genes in Enterococci. In: Gillespie, S.H. (eds) Antibiotic Resistence. Methods in Molecular Medicine™, vol 48. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-077-2:3
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