Genotypic diversity and epidemiology of high-level gentamicin resistant Enterococcus in a Chinese hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Qu, Ting Ting ^a   Chen, Ya Gang ^a   Yu, Yun Song ^a   Wei, Ze Qing ^a   Zhou, Zhi Hui ^a   Li, Lan Juan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme (AME); Cluster; High level gentamicin resistance (HLGR); Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROCEFIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31344445630     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.030     Document Type: Article

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