Dispersion of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates belonging to major clonal complexes in different Portuguese settings

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4904-4908

  Freitas, Ana R ^a,b   Novais, Carla ^a,c   Ruiz Garbajosa, Patricia ^b,d,e   Coque, Teresa M ^b,d,e   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL COMPLEX; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POPULATION STRUCTURES; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; HOMINID; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 67650500610     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02945-08     Document Type: Article

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