Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. in marine environments from the West Coast of the USA

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 300-307

  Roberts, M C ^a   Soge, O O ^a   Giardino, M A ^a   Mazengia, E ^a   Ma, G ^b   Meschke, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Lake Forest Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Beaches; Enterococci; Environmental water; Marine; Vancomycin resistance; VRE

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CALIFORNIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; MARINE; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; VRE; WASHINGTON;

BEACHES;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; DRUG RESISTANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PIER;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FISHING; GENE TRANSFER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WATER SAMPLING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 66849128122     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04207.x     Document Type: Article

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