Molecular study of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from humans and from food in a cattle-rearing area of France

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 236-239

  Garnier, Fabien ^a   Gambarotto, Karine ^a   Denis, François ^a   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Glycopeptide resistance; Tn1546 like element; VRE

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD; FRANCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MEAT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRANCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 3543126658     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh305     Document Type: Article

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