First infection with VanD-type glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3512-3515

  Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Marchandin, Hélène ^a,c   Bouziges, Nicole ^a,b   Sotto, Albert ^a,b,d  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^d Laboratoire Universitaire d'Antibiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIGASE; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FRANCE; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VAND GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; FATAL OUTCOME; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 22144499212     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3512-3515.2005     Document Type: Article

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