Phenotypic characteristics and population genetics of Enterococcus faecalis cultured from patients in Tehran during 2000-2001

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 645-649

  Feizabadi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a,b   Aliahmadi, Atusa ^a   Mobasheri, Fatemeh ^a   Asgharzadeh, Ahmad ^c   Asadi, Soroor ^d   Etemadi, Gelavizh ^e  

^a ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c Soil and Water Research Institute Iran   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Chamran Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; MEE analysis; Nosocomial infections; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PHENOTYPES; POPULATION GENETICS;

BACTERIA;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXTRO ALANYL DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LIGASE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IRAN; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; IRANIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1042267960     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-082     Document Type: Article

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