Dissemination of an Enterococcus Inc18-like vanA plasmid associated with vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4314-4320

  Zhu, Wenming ^a   Murray, Patrick R ^c   Huskins, W Charles ^d   Jernigan, John A ^a   McDonald, Lawrence C ^a   Clark, Nancye C ^a   Anderson, Karen F ^a   McDougal, Linda K ^a   Hageman, Jeff C ^a   Olsen Rasmussen, Melissa ^b   Frace, Mike ^b   Alangaden, George J ^e   Chenoweth, Carol ^f   Zervos, Marcus J ^g   Robinson Dunn, Barbara ^h   Schreckenberger, Paul C ⁱ   Reller, L Barth ^j   Rudrik, James T ^k   Patel, Jean B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77957372885     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00185-10     Document Type: Article

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