PCR detection of the vanA gene in a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolate from Hungary [3]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-327

  Ghidán, Ágoston ^a   Jeney, Csaba ^a   Maródi, Csaba L ^a   Csiszár, Károly ^b   Rozgonyi, Ferenc ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Laboratory of Bacteriology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LYSOSTAPHIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEINASE K; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUNGARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033871691     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Plasmid-mediated resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin resistance in Enterococcus faecium
2. High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infection
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nosocomial enterococci resistant to vancomycin-United States, 1989-1993
4. Detection of glycopeptide resistance genotypes and identification to the species level of clinically relevant enterococci by PCR