The dominant sequence types of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium among transplantation ward patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3132-3134

  Mlynarczyk, A ^a   Szymanek Majchrzak, K ^a   Kosykowska, E ^a   Grzybowska, W ^b   Tyski, S ^a,b   Mrowka, A ^b   Baczkowska, T ^a   Durlik, M ^a   Pacholczyk, M ^a   Chmura, A ^a   Ciszek, M ^a   Paczek, L ^a   Mlynarczyk, G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRANSPLANTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054725721     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.08.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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