Molecular Analysis of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Isolated from Regional Hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago

Figure 1

Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR amplified products of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolates obtained from Trinidad and Tobago in 2008 to 2012. Lane λ is the markers. Lanes one–ten represent vanA positive E. faecium and lanes 11 and 12 represent vanB positive E. faecalis from Trinidad and Tobago. Lanes 13–15 represent control strains of vanA (E. faecium ATCC 700221), with vanB (E. faecalis ATCC 51299) and Enterococcus vancomycin-sensitive (E. faecalis ATCC 29212), and 16S rDNA is the Internal Amplification Control (IC), respectively.