Typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci obtained from patients at Danish hospitals and detection of a genomic island specific to CC17 Enterococcus faecium

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-314

  Lester, Camilla H ^a   Olsen, Stefan S ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik Carl ^b   Hansen, Dennis S ^c   Tvede, Michael ^d   Holm, Anette ^e   Arpi, Magnus ^f   Friis Møller, Alice ^g   Jensen, Kjeld Truberg ^h   Kemp, Michael ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VANA; PROTEIN VANB; PROTEIN VANC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 73749085195     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.11.014     Document Type: Letter

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