Polyclonal diffusion of beta-lactamase-producing Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Sarti, Mario ^a   Campanile, Floriana ^b   Sabia, Carla ^c   Santagati, Maria ^b   Gargiulo, Raffaele ^a   Stefani, A ^b  

^a S Agostino Estense Hospital   (Italy)

^b Section of Microbiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AAC6 GENE; AADA GENE; AADE GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APH3 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLAZ GENE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETM GENE; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANC1 GENE; VANC2 GENE; VANC3 GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84555188040     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05640-11     Document Type: Article

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