First isolation and detection of multiple clones of vancomycin- resistant enterococci in the pediatric unit of Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey;Van Yüzüncü Yil Üniversitesi pediatri servisinde vankomislne direnç li enterokoklarin ilk izolasyonu ve çoǧul klonlarin tespiti

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-543

  Güdücüoǧlu, Hüseyin ^a   Aktaş, Elif ^b   Cömert, Füsun Beǧendik ^b   Aygül, Kumru ^a   Özlü, Nagihan ^b   Baykal, Sanem ^a   Berktaş, Mustafa ^a   Ceylan, Abdullah ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clonal relation; Nosocomial infection; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Turkey; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECTUM; SKIN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECTUM; SKIN; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 73249118763     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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