Frequent occurrence of multidrug-resistant CC17 Enterococcus faecium among clinical isolates in Sweden

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1810-1816

  Billstrom H ^a   Top, J ^b   Edlund, C ^a   Lund, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; CC17; Enterococcus faecium; Esp; Hyl; Multilocus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; CLONAL COMPLEX; CLONAL COMPLEX 17; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP; HYL; MULTI-LOCI SEQUENCE TYPING; REPEAT ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEATS; VARIABLE NUMBER;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; PROTEIN ESP; PROTEIN HYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 77950651802     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04585.x     Document Type: Article

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