The first molecular analysis of clinical isolates of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains in Mainland China

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-312

  Zheng, B ^a,b   Tomita, H ^b   Xiao, Y H ^a   Ike, Y ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Enterococcus faecium; Insertion sequence; Tn1546 like element; VanA type; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

BACILLI;

CHINA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM STRAINS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAINLAND CHINAS; TN1546-LIKE ELEMENT; VANA-TYPE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

HOSPITALS;

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

CHINA; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; STRAIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; DALIAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 34548080621     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02191.x     Document Type: Article

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