A multiresistance megaplasmid pLG1 bearing a hylEfm genomic island in hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-175

  Laverde Gomez, Jenny A ^a   van Schaik, Willem ^b   Freitas, Ana R ^c,d   Coque, Teresa M ^b,e,f   Weaver, Keith E ^g   Francia, Maria Victoria ^h   Witte, Wolfgang ^a   Werner, Guido ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Conjugation; Enterococcus; Horizontal gene transfer; Hyaluronidase hylEfm; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMIC ISLAND; HOSPITAL; HYLEFM GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID PLG1;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78751572711     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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