Molecular characterisation of high-level ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from hospitalised patients in Tunis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-286

  Belhaj, M ^a   Boutiba Ben Boubaker, I ^a   Ben Redjeb, S ^a   Bouchami, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PBP5 GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SMAI GENE; TUNISIA;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; TUNISIA;

EID: 49949088852     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.017     Document Type: Letter

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