Clonal dissemination of Enterococcus faecalis ST201 and Enterococcus faecium CC17-ST64 containing Tn5382-vanB2 among 16 hospitals in Chile

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 586-588

  Lopez M ^a   Hormazabal J C ^b   Maldonado, A ^b   Saavedra, G ^c   Baquero, F ^d   Silva, J ^e   Torres, C ^a   del Campo, Rosa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Clonal dispersion; Conjugation; Enterococcus; Hospital dissemination; MLST; vanB2 resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; CLONAL VARIATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 67651053151     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02741.x     Document Type: Article

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