Stability, persistence, and evolution of plasmid-encoded VanA glycopeptide resistance in enterococci in the absence of antibiotic selection in vitro and in gnotobiotic mice

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-170

  Johnsen, Pål J ^a   Simonsen, Gunnar S ^a   Olsvik, Ørjan ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^a,b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GLYCOPEPTIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GNOTOBIOTICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; ENTEROCOCCUS; GERM-FREE LIFE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0036738370     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662902760326869     Document Type: Article

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