First case of vanA-positive Enterococcus mundtii in human urinary tract infection in Iran

M Sharifi-Rad; S Shadanpour; A van Belkum; A Soltani; J Sharifi-Rad

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.005

First case of vanA-positive Enterococcus mundtii in human urinary tract infection in Iran

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Feb 24:11:68-70. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.02.005. eCollection 2016 May.

Authors

M Sharifi-Rad¹, S Shadanpour², A van Belkum³, A Soltani⁴, J Sharifi-Rad⁵

Affiliations

¹ Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
³ bioMérieux SA, Unit Microbiology, R&D Microbiology, La Balme Les Grottes, France.
⁴ Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
⁵ Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.

Abstract

We cultured enterococci from urinary tract infections in Iranian hospitals. Seven different Enterococcus species (E. raffinosus, E. durans, E. hirae, E. avium, E. mundtii, E. faecium and E. faecalis) were found. Seven strains were vancomycin resistant, leading to an overall vancomycin resistance rate of 3.9%. The enterococcal infection rate was high and vancomycin-resistant enterococci incidence low. We report the first vanA-positive E. mundtii urinary tract infections.

Keywords: E. mundtii; Enterococcal infection; Vancomycin-resistant enterococci; urinary tract infection; vanA-positive.

Publication types

Case Reports