Genetic diversity of Tn1546-like elements in clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 549-554

  Sung, Kidon ^a   Khan, Saeed A ^a   Nawaz, Mohamed S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybridisation; Insertion element; Transposon; Van operon

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF2 IRR GENE; ORFI IRR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN1546; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANH GENE; VANS GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 43549093941     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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