Changes in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium causing outbreaks in Brazil

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-74

  Palazzo, I C V ^a   Pitondo Silva, A ^a   Levy, C E ^b   da Costa Darini, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Molecular epidemiology; Outbreaks; Resistance; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CYTOLYSIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 80051475005     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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