High frequency of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates with VanB phenotype and vanA genotype in Korean hospitals

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-406

  Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a   Oh, Won Sup ^b   Park, Sulhee ^a   Heo, Sang Taek ^c   Kwon, Ki Tae ^b   Ryu, Seong Yeol ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^b   Lee, Nam Yong ^b  

^a Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

esp repeat profiling; Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Tn1546 like element; VanB phenotype and vanA genotype; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF)

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TEICOPLANIN; TN1546 LIKE ELEMENT GENE; VAN A GENE; VAN B GENE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; KOREA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KOREA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33845231690     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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