Presence of a vanA-carrying pheromone response plasmid (pBRG1) in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1571-1576

  Magi, Gloria ^a   Capretti, Roberta ^a   Paoletti, Claudia ^a   Pietrella, Marco ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   Biavasco, Francesca ^a   Varaldo, Pietro Emanuele ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PHEROMONE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONE RESPONSE PLASMID; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0037997170     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.5.1571-1576.2003     Document Type: Article

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