Two episodes of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreaks caused by two genetically different clones in a newborn intensive care unit

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-389

  Borgmann, Stefan ^a   Niklas, Doris Maria ^a   Klarec, Ingo ^a   Zabel, Lutz T ^a,b   Buchenau, Peter ^c   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Heeg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum am Eichert   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Enterococci; esp gene; vanA; Vancomycin resistance; VRE

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIOCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLONE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESP GENE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUMMER; VANA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 4544277190     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00304     Document Type: Article

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