Transposon characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) and dissemination of resistance associated with transferable plasmids

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-268

  Garcia Migura, Lourdes ^a   Liebana, Ernesto ^b   Jensen, Lars Bogø ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broiler; Horizontal transfer; Replicon typing; Tn1546

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PROTEIN CYM 4; PROTEIN VIM 4; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREAT BRITAIN; MACROLIDES; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; REPLICON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOGRAMIN B; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 34547837607     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm186     Document Type: Article

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