Molecular characterization of Enterococcus faecium isolated from hospitalized patients in Korea

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-279

  Lee, W G ^a,b   Lee, S M ^a   Kim, Y S ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

esp; Multilocus sequence typing; Sequence type; Tn1546; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTI-LOCI SEQUENCE TYPING; SEQUENCE TYPE; TN1546; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KOREA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33747090234     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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