Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates and revertant mutants

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-47

  Van Bambeke, Françoise ^a,d   Chauvel, Murielle ^a   Reynolds, Peter E ^b   Fraimow, Henry S ^c   Courvalin, Patrice ^a,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e Unite des Agents Antibacteriens   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT;

EID: 0032926964     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.1.41     Document Type: Article

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