New combinations of mutations in VanD-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus avium strains

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1952-1963

  Depardieu, F ^a   Foucault, M L ^a   Bell, J ^b   Dubouix, A ^c   Guibert, M ^d   Lavigne, J P ^e   Levast, M ^f   Courvalin, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CHAMBÉRY   (France)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; DIPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAND OPERON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 66149084784     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01348-08     Document Type: Article

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