Aminoglycoside-streptothricin resistance gene cluster aadE-sat4-aphA-3 disseminated among multiresistant isolates of enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3267-3269

  Werner, G ^a   Hildebrandt, B ^a   Witte, W ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENE PRODUCT; NOURSEOTHRICIN; PROTEIN AADE; PROTEIN APHA 3; PROTEIN SAT4; STREPTOMYCIN; STREPTOTHRICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOTHRICINS;

EID: 0034770096     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.11.3267-3269.2001     Document Type: Article

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