Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from haematological malignancy patients in a research hospital in Turkey

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 660-664

  Kirdar, S ^a   Sener, A G ^b   Arslan, U ^c   Yurtsever, S G ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERMB GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TRAINING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77952981099     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.012625-0     Document Type: Article

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