Variant esp gene as a marker of a distinct genetic lineage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium spreading in hospitals

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Volumn 357, Issue 9259, 2001, Pages 853-855

  Willems, Rob J L ^a   Homan, Wieger ^a   Top, Janetta ^a   Van Santen Verheuvel, Marga ^a   Tribe, David ^b   Manzioros, Xenia ^b   Gaillard, Carlo ^c   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^d   Mascini, Ellen M ^e   Van Kregten, Eric ^c   Van Embden, Jan D A ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ESP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0035901277     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04205-7     Document Type: Article

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4. Infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis strains are enriched in esp, a gene encoding a novel surface protein
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