Chromosomal DNA restriction endonuclease digestion patterns of β- lactamase-producing Enterococcus faecalis isolates collected from a single hospital over a 7-year period

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1892-1896

  Seetulsingh, Prema S ^a   Tomayko, John F ^a   Coudron, Phillip E ^b   Markowitz, Sheldon M ^b   Skinner, Cindy ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029975559     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1892-1896.1996     Document Type: Article

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