Conjugal transfer of aminoglycoside and macrolide resistance between Enterococcus faecium isolates in the intestine of streptomycin-treated mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-391

  Lester, Camilla H ^a   Frimodt Moller, Niels ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aac(6 ) Ie aph(2 ) Ia; Conjugation; erm(B); Intestine

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MACROLIDES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 2942555637     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.04.050     Document Type: Article

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