Gentamicin resistance gene transfer from Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium to Staphylococcus aureus, S. intermedius and S. hyicus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Noble, W C ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Karadec, T ^a   Schwarz, S ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst fur Kleintierforschung der FAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterococcus spp.; gentamicin; plasmid; resistance; Staphylococcus spp.; transposon

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0030250113     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00057-0     Document Type: Article

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