Loss of vancomycin resistance not completely dependent on the Tn1546 element in Enterococcus faecium isolates

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Choi, Hyun Jin ^a   Nam, Daesil ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Shin, Dongwoo ^a,c   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Teicoplanin; Tn1546 element; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS SHY 1; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS SHY 2; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS SHY 3; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TN1546 GENE; VANA GENE; VANX GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHILD; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 78649949020     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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