A new Tn1546 type of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in mainland China

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Gu, Li ^a   Cao, Bin ^a   Liu, Yingmei ^a   Guo, Ping ^a   Song, Shufan ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Dai, Huaping ^a   Wang, Chen ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mutilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Tn1546 like element; VanB phenotype vanA genotype; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 57349131552     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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