Vancomycin-resistance transferability from VanA enterococci to Staphylococcus aureus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1363-1367

  De Niederhäusern, Simona ^a   Bondi, Moreno ^a   Messi, Patrizia ^a   Iseppi, Ramona ^a   Sabia, Carla ^a   Manicardi, Giuliano ^a   Anacarso, Immacolata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PLASMID DNA; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79954417237     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9868-6     Document Type: Article

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