Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Hangzhou, China [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1403-1405

  Qu, Ting Ting ^a   Chen, Ya Gang ^a   Yu, Yun Song ^a   Lv, Huo Xiang ^b   Dong, Xiao Gin ^c   Xiao, Zhen ^d   Gu, Hong Gin ^e   Li, Lan Juan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Resistance; Transposons

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOLYSIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYALURONIDASE; LINEZOLID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHINA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 36448958347     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm399     Document Type: Letter

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