Characterization of a Tn5382-like transposon containing the vanB2 gene cluster in a Clostridium strain isolated from human faeces

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 466-474

  Domingo, M C ^a,b   Huletsky, A ^a,b   Bernal, A ^c   Giroux, R ^a   Boudreau, D K ^a   Picard, F J ^a,b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Infectio Diagnostic Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Intestinal flora; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA 16S; PROTEIN VANB; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 17444395630     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki029     Document Type: Article

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