Diversity of VanA glycopeptide resistance elements in enterococci from humans and nonhuman sources

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 502-508

  Woodford, Neil ^a,b,c   Adebiyi, Antoinette Mary A ^a,b   Palepou, Marie France I ^a,b   Cookson, Barry D ^b  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory of Hospital Infection   (United Kingdom)

^c CPHL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031894833     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.3.502     Document Type: Article

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