Factors of virulence and mechanisms of resistance to aminoglycosides in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium with high-level gentamicin resistance;Faktory virulencie a mechanizmy rezistencie voči aminoglykozidom u klinických izolátov Enterococcus faecalis a Enterococcus faecium rezistentných voči vysokým hladinám gentamicínu

Epidemiologie, Mikrobiologie, Imunologie

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Filipová, Miriam ^a   Bujdakova H ^a  

^a Prirodovedecka Fakulta Univerzity K   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; E. faecium; Enterococcus faecalis; Factors of virulence; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NETILMICIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMENSALISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SELECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCRIPTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENTAMICINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 18144423933     PISSN: 12107913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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