Distribution of genes encoding MSCRAMMs and pili in clinical and natural populations of Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 896-901

  Sillanpää, Jouko ^a,b   Prakash, Vittal P ^a,b,c   Nallapareddy, Sreedhar R ^a,b   Murray, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL SURFACE; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; FECES; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ACM PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 65249086739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02283-08     Document Type: Article

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