Virulence determinants in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium vanA isolated from different sources at University Hospital of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 814-821

  Ruzon, Flávia Imanishi ^a   de Paula, Suelen Balero ^a   Kanoshiki, Renata Lumi ^a   Pereira Santos, Jussevania ^a   Kerbauy, Gilselena ^a   Kobayashi, Renata Katsuko Takayama ^a   Yamauchi, Lucy Megumi ^a   Perugini, Márcia Regina Eches ^a   Yamada Ogatta, Sueli Fumie ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; E. faecium; vanA genotype; virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA MULATTA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CELL LINE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHEEP; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78651331414     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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