Antibiotic resistance and genotypic characterization by PFGE of clinical and environmental isolates of enterococci

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-211

  Dicuonzo, Giordano ^a   Gherardi, Giovanni ^a   Lorino, Giulia ^b   Angeletti, Silvia ^a   Battistoni, Fabrizio ^a   Bertuccini, Lucia ^c   Creti, Roberta ^c   Di Rosa, Roberta ^b   Venditti, Mario ^b   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Enterococcus; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; ROME;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0035943113     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00275-0     Document Type: Article

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