Development of the specific and random amplification (SARA)-PCR for both species identification of enterococci and detection of the vanA gene

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-239

  Knijff, Edo ^a   Dellaglio, Franco ^a   Lombardi, Angiolella ^b   Biesterveld, Steef ^c   Torriani, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Istituto per la Qualita e le Tecnologie Agroalimentari   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Identification; SARA PCR; VanA gene detection

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035214874     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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