Host range of enterococcal vanA plasmids among Gram-positive intestinal bacteria

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-282

  Werner, Guido ^a   Freitas, Ana R ^b,c   Coque, Teresa M ^c,d,e   Sollid, Johanna E ^f   Lester, Camilla ^g   Hammerum, Anette M ^g   Garcia Migura, Lourdes ^h   Jensen, Lars B ^h   Francia, Maria V ⁱ   Witte, Wolfgang ^a   Willems, R J ^j   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^f  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d Unidad de Resistencia a Antibió ticos y Virulencia Bacteriana   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Relaxases; RepA; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; SPECIES; VANA GENE; WILD TYPE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 78651462327     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq455     Document Type: Article

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