Sequence analysis of Enterococcus faecium strain 10/96A (VanD4), the original vancomycin-resistant E. faecium strain in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2635-2637

  Camargo, Ilana L B C ^a   Dalla Costa, Libera M ^b   Woodford, Neil ^c   Gilmore, Michael S ^d   Darini, Ana L C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; GENE CLUSTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33746216096     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00509-06     Document Type: Article

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