Polymorphism in pbp5 gene detected in clinical Enterococcus faecium strains with different ampicillin MICs from a Tunisian hospital

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-440

  Klibi, N ^a,b   Saenz Y ^b   Zarazaga, M ^b   Ben Slama, K ^a   Masmoudi, A ^c   Ruiz Larrea, F ^b   Boudabous, A ^a   Torres, Carmen ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; pbp5; Penicillin resistance; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; THREONINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; TUNISIA;

EID: 52249106417     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.4.436     Document Type: Article

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