Diversity of Tn1546 and its role in the dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Portugal

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1001-1008

  Novais, Carla ^a,b   Freitas, Ana R ^a   Sousa, João C ^b   Baquero, Fernando ^c,d   Coque, Teresa M ^c,d   Peixe, Luísa V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOOD; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PORTUGAL; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; POULTRY; SEWAGE; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 40549086574     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00999-07     Document Type: Article

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