Distribution of aminoglycoside resistance genes in recent clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus avium

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-204

  Kobayashi, N ^a   Mahbub Alam, Md ^a   Nishimoto, Y ^a   Urasawa, S ^a   Uehara, N ^a   Watanabe, N ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOGLYCOSIDE MODIFYING ENZYME; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; SISOMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034996191     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801005271     Document Type: Article

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