Relevance of hot spots in the evolution and transmission of Tn 1546 in glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (GREF) from broiler origin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-687

  Garcia Migura, Lourdes ^a   Hasman, Henrik ^a   Svendsen, Christina ^a   Jensen, Lars Bogø ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

E. faecium; Inc18 plasmids; Streptomycin adenyltransferase genes; Transposons

Indexed keywords

ADENYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY FARMING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TRANSPOSON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DENMARK; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GREAT BRITAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; POULTRY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 52949097686     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn265     Document Type: Article

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