Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1963-1971

  Homan, Wieger L ^a   Tribe, David ^a   Poznanski, Simone ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Hogg, Geoff ^a   Spalburg, Emile ^a   Van Embden, Jan D A ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ESP; PROTEIN PURK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLELISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036259775     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.1963-1971.2002     Document Type: Article

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