Multilocus sequence typing scheme for Enterococcus faecalis reveals hospital-adapted genetic complexes in a background of high rates of recombination

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2220-2228

  Ruiz Garbajosa, Patricia ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^b,c   Robinson, D Ashley ^d   Top, Janetta ^b,c   Nallapareddy, Sreedhar R ^e   Torres, Carmen ^f   Coque, Teresa M ^a   Cantón, Rafael ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^e   Del Campo, Rosa ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIC; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INDIA; LEBANON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33745136790     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02596-05     Document Type: Article

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