Expression of Glycopeptide-Resistance Gene in Response to Vancomycin and Teicoplanin in the Cardiac Vegetations of Rabbits Infected with VanB-Type Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-97

  Lefort, Agnès ^a   Arthur, Michel ^a,c   Depardieu, Florence ^c   Chau, Françoise ^a   Pouzet, Cecile ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^c   Fantin, Bruno ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 1642539118     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380566     Document Type: Article

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