Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of tetracycline resistance mediated by tet(M) and tet(L) genes in Enterococcus spp. isolated from food in Southern Brazil

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 365-370

  Frazzon, Ana Paula Guedes ^a   Gama, Bianca Almeida ^a   Hermes, Vanessa ^b   Bierhals, Christine Garcia ^a   Pereira, Rebeca Inhoque ^a   Guedes, Arthur Gomes ^a   d'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^b   Frazzon, Jeverson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus spp.; tet(M) and tet(L) genes; Tetracycline resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP.; GENETIC MARKERS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESISTANT STRAINS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL;

GENE TRANSFER;

GENES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77951137639     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0160-x     Document Type: Article

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