Multilocus sequence typing and analysis of putative virulence factors in vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecium isolates from Brazil

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1123-1130

  Camargo, I L B C ^a,c   Gilmore, M S ^b   Darini, A L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Epidemiology; Esp gene; Hyl gene; Multilocus sequence typing; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HYALURONIDASE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TYPE STRAIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33749077273     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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