Diversity of structures carrying the high-level gentamicin resistance gene (aac6-aph2) in Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated in France

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2889-2892

  Casetta, Anne ^a,c   Buu Hoï, Annie ^b   De Cespédès, Gilda ^a   Horaud, Thea ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c Hôpital Porte Madeleine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HYBRID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FRANCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0344624844     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.11.2889     Document Type: Article

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