High prevalence of vanB2 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2140-2145

  Lu, J J ^a   Perng, C L ^a   Ho, M F ^a   Chiueh, T S ^a   Lee, W H ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; LEUCINE; LIGASE; METHIONINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035013104     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2140-2145.2001     Document Type: Article

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