Variant esp gene in vancomycin-sensitive enterococcus faecium [6]

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9270, 2001, Pages 1802-

  Baldassarri, Lucilla ^a   Bertuccini, Lucia ^a   Ammendolia, Maria G ^a   Gherardi, Giovanni ^a   Creti, Roberta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035795971     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04919-9     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Variant esp gennnnnne as a marker of a distinct genetic lineage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium spreading in hospitals
2. Infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis strains are enriched in esp, a gene encoding a novel surface protein
3. Resistance of enterococci to ampicillin and glycopeptide antibiotics in Italy: The Italian Surveillance Group for Antimicrobial Resistance
4. Relationships between enterococcal virulence and antimicrobial resistance