Host specificity of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 816-823

  Willems, Rob J L ^a   Top, Janetta ^a   Van den Braak, Nicole ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Endtz, Hubert ^b   Mevius, Dik ^c   Stobberingh, Ellen ^d   Van den Bogaard, Anthony ^d   Van Embden, Jan D A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE; TURKEYS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033823586     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315752     Document Type: Article

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