Clonal structure of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from Polish hospitals: Characterization of epidemic clones

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Kawalec, Magdalena ^a   Pietras, Zbigniew ^b   Daniłowicz, Emilia ^c   Jakubczak, Aleksandra ^b   Gniadkowski, Marek ^a   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^d  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HEMOLYSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASA1 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; ESP GENE; EUROPE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33846262928     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01704-06     Document Type: Article

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