Role of transposon Tn5482 in the epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the Pediatric Oncology Unit of a New York City Hospital

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-129

  De Lencastre, H ^a,b   Brown, A E ^c   Chung, M ^a   Armstrong, D ^c   Tomasz, A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032776943     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.113     Document Type: Article

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