Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from Portuguese wastewater treatment plants

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 605-609

  Araújo, Carlos ^a,b   Torres, Carmen ^d   Silva, Nuno ^a   Carneiro, Catarina ^a,b   Gonçalves, Alexandre ^a,b   Radhouani, Hajer ^a,b   Correia, Susana ^a,b   Da Costa, Paulo Martins ^c   Paccheco, Rui ^a,b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^d   Ruiz Larrea, Fernanda ^d   Poeta, Patrícia ^a,b   Igrejas, Gilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococci; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEWAGE; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WATER PURIFICATION;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 78650325769     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000102     Document Type: Article

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