Spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in two haematological centres in Russia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-181

  Brilliantova, Anna N ^a   Kliasova, Galina A ^a   Mironova, Anastasia V ^a   Tishkov, Vladimir I ^b   Novichkova, Galina A ^c   Bobrynina, Vlasta O ^c   Sidorenko, Sergei V ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology   (Russian Federation)

^d National Agency for Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Clonal complex 17; Enterococci; Tn1546; Vancomycin resistance; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449141080     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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