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Research Article | Clinical Science and Epidemiology

First Report of the Local Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Ascribed to the Interspecies Transmission of a vanA Gene Cluster-Carrying Linear Plasmid

Yusuke Hashimoto, Izumi Kita, Masato Suzuki, Hidetada Hirakawa, Hirofumi Ohtaki, Haruyoshi Tomita
Paul D. Fey, Editor
Yusuke Hashimoto
aDepartment of Bacteriology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Izumi Kita
bDepartment of Medical Technology, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Kumatori, Osaka, Japan
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Masato Suzuki
cAntimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
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Hidetada Hirakawa
aDepartment of Bacteriology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Hirofumi Ohtaki
bDepartment of Medical Technology, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Kumatori, Osaka, Japan
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Haruyoshi Tomita
aDepartment of Bacteriology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
dLaboratory of Bacterial Drug Resistance, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00102-20
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00102-20
PubMed 
32269153

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History 
  • Received February 11, 2020
  • Accepted March 18, 2020
  • Published online April 8, 2020.

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Copyright © 2020 Hashimoto et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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  1. Yusuke Hashimotoa,
  2. Izumi Kitab,
  3. Masato Suzukic,
  4. Hidetada Hirakawaa,
  5. Hirofumi Ohtakib and
  6. Haruyoshi Tomitaa,d
  1. aDepartment of Bacteriology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
  2. bDepartment of Medical Technology, Kansai University of Health Sciences, Kumatori, Osaka, Japan
  3. cAntimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
  4. dLaboratory of Bacterial Drug Resistance, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
  • Address correspondence to Haruyoshi Tomita, tomitaha{at}gunma-u.ac.jp
  • Yusuke Hashimoto and Izumi Kita contributed equally to this article. Author order was determined by the amount of contribution to the paper.

  • Citation Hashimoto Y, Kita I, Suzuki M, Hirakawa H, Ohtaki H, Tomita H. 2020. First report of the local spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci ascribed to the interspecies transmission of a vanA gene cluster-carrying linear plasmid. mSphere 5:e00102-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00102-20.

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Yusuke Hashimoto, Izumi Kita, Masato Suzuki, Hidetada Hirakawa, Hirofumi Ohtaki, Haruyoshi Tomita
mSphere Apr 2020, 5 (2) e00102-20; DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00102-20
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vancomycin-resistant enterococci
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