Diversity of Tn1546 elements in clinical isolates of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from Scottish hospitals

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1309-1311

  Brown, A R ^a   Townsley, A C ^a   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SCOTLAND; TEICOPLANIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035086084     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.4.1309-1311.2001     Document Type: Article

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