Diversity and stability of plasmids from glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (GRE) isolated from pigs in Denmark

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-184

  Hasman, Henrik ^a   Villadsen, Anette G ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOPEPTIDE RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GLYCOPEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18944400526     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.178     Document Type: Article

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