Enterococcus faecium low-affinity pbp5 is a transferable determinant

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 5007-5012

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b,c   Carias, Lenore L ^c   Rudin, Susan ^c   Laktičová, Viera ^b   Wood, Aaron ^c   Hutton Thomas, Rebecca ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cleveland VA Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENZYME SMAI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PBP5 GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 28844500353     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.12.5007-5012.2005     Document Type: Article

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