Diversity of structures carrying the aac(6′)-aph(2″) gene in clinical Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium strains isolated in Tunisia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-359

  Klibi, N ^a,b   Ben Slama, K ^a   Masmoudi, A ^c   Gharbi, S ^a   Ruiz Larrea, F ^b   Fendri, C ^c   Boudabous, A ^a   Torres, C ^b  

^a Campus Universitaire   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

aac(6 ) aph(2 ) gene; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Tn4001; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; TUNISIA;

EID: 33749017034     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2006.18.4.353     Document Type: Article

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