Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of enterococcal isolates from southern region of Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a,c   Dias, Cícero Armídio Gomes ^a   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^b  

^a Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Genetic diversity; High level resistance aminoglycosides

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; DNA; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 33645018162     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000100003     Document Type: Article

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