In vitro conjugative transfer of VanA vancomycin resistance between Enterococci and Listeriae of different species

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-59

  Biavasco, F ^a   Giovanetti, E ^a   Miele, A ^b   Vignaroli, C ^a   Facinelli, B ^a   Varaldo, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Gruppo Lepetit SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0030070047     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01586185     Document Type: Article

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