Identification of Tn5397-like and Tn916-like transposons and diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) in enterococci from humans, pigs and poultry

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 832-839

  Agersø, Yvonne ^a   Pedersen, Anders Gorm ^a   Aarestrup, Frank Møller ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; tetA(M) diversity; Tn5397

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SWINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645834530     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl069     Document Type: Article

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