Tn1546 structures and multilocus sequence typing of vanA-containing enterococci of animal, human and food origin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1570-1575

  López, María ^a   Sáenz, Yolanda ^b   Álvarez Martínez, Míriam J ^c   Marco, Francesc ^c   Robredo, Beatriz ^a   Rojo Bezares, Beatriz ^b   Ruiz Larrea, Fernanda ^a   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Torres, Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; ISEfa10; ISEfa11; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN, ESP; LIGASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POULTRY; TRANSPOSON; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77954732503     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq192     Document Type: Article

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