Molecular analysis of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis from Michigan hospitals during a 10 year period

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 841-843

  Malani, Preeti N ^a,c   Thal, Leeann ^a,b,d   Donabedian, Susan M ^a,b,d   Robinson Dunn, Barbara ^e,f   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,c   Chow, Joseph W ^a,b,e   Hershberger, Ellie ^a,b,d   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,b,d,e  

^a Departments of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; UNITED STATES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICHIGAN; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036001188     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkf018     Document Type: Article

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