Identification and molecular characterization of Van A-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Northeast of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 716-719

  Vilela, Marinalda Anselmo ^a   De Souza, Sandra Lavareda ^a   Palazzo, Izabel Cristina Vanzato ^b   Ferreira, Joseane Cristina ^b   De Morais Jr , Marcos Antonio ^a   Darini, Ana Lúcia Da Costa ^b   De Morais, Márcia Maria Camargo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Transposable elements; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33751286259     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762006000700002     Document Type: Article

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