Clonal dissemination of VanA-type glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis between hospitals of two cities located 100 km apart

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1339-1343

  Moretti, M L ^a   Bratfich, O J ^a   Stucchi, R B ^a   Levi, C ^b   Levin, A S ^c   Duboc, G M ^c   Vormittag, E ^d   Blum Menezes, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Medico de Campinas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Nosocomial transmission; S o Paulo; Tn1546; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CITY; CLEANING; CLONAL VARIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4444246654     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000900008     Document Type: Article

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