Molecular analysis of diverse elements mediating VanA glycopeptide resistance in enterococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 605-612

  Palepou, Marie France I ^a   Adebiyi, Antoinette Mary A ^a   Tremlett, Catherine H ^b   Jensen, Lars Bogø ^c   Woodford, Neil ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031795078     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/42.5.605     Document Type: Article

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