Genetic relatedness and antimicrobial resistance determinants among clinical isolates of enterococci from Cuba

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 793-797

  Quinones Perez D ^a   Goni P ^b   Rubio, M C ^c   Baquero, F ^d   Gomez Lus R ^b   Del Campo, Rosa ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cuba; Enterococcus spp.; Epidemiology; Genetic relatedness; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33745596590     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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