Molecular analysis of Enterococcus faecalis isolates collected during a 4-year period

Document Type : Short Communication

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1 Tehran university of medical sciences

2 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Medical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

3 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

10.32592/ARI.2023.78.6.1873

Abstract

In the present research, we aimed to determine the characteristics of E. faecalis strains collected from an Iranian Children’s Hospital for four years. Sixty-seven E. faecalis isolates with virulence genes detection, variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR), and multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) typing were investigated.  A high frequency of virulence genes belonged to gelatinase (73%) and Enterococcus faecalis (62%).  The MLVA of 67 E. faecalis isolates revealed 52 VNTR patterns and 38 MLVA types (MTs).  Furthermore, genetic diversities with the majority of the MT1 as a major MT in different Wards of the Children’s Hospital were found.

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Archives of Razi Institute
Volume 78, Issue 6
November and December 2023
Pages 1873-1877

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