Characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREF) isolate from a dog with mastitis: Further evidence of a clonal lineage of VREF in New Zealand

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3331-3333

  Manson, Janet M ^a   Keis, Stefanie ^a   Smith, John M B ^a   Cook, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; CLONAL VARIATION; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASTITIS; NEW ZEALAND; PLASMIDS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038167383     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3331-3333.2003     Document Type: Article

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