Molecular Genetic Profiling of Clinical and Foodborne Strains of Enterococci with High Level Resistance to Gentamicin and Vancomycin

Gisela Pourcel¹, Mónica Sparo^1,2*, Alejandra Corso³, Gastón Delpech¹, Paula Gagetti³, María Marta De Luca², Judith Bernstein², Celia Schell², Sabina Lissarrague² and Juan Ángel Basualdo²

¹Microbiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional del Centro de La Provincia de Buenos Aires, Olavarría, Argentina

²Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

³Antimicrobials Unit, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán”, Buenos Aires, Argentina