Streptogramin resistance and shared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns in vanA-containing Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus hirae isolated from humans and animals in Spain

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Robredo, Beatriz ^a   Singh, Kavindra V ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN VANA; STREPTOGRAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPAIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034484451     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2000.6.305     Document Type: Article

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