Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in humans and animals in the Czech Republic between 2002 and 2004

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 965-967

  Kolar, Milan ^a   Pantucek, Roman ^b   Bardon, Jan ^c   Cekanova, Luboslava ^d   Kesselova, Michaela ^a   Sauer, Pavel ^a   Vagnerova, Iva ^a   Koukalová, Dagmar ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c National Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

^d Mikrochem Sro   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SMAI RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MACRORESTRICTION MAPPING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL SWAB; RECTUM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SAMPLE; SMAI GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CARRIER STATE; CLOACA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY; RECTUM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 25844450148     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45824-0     Document Type: Article

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