Dynamics of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clones colonizing hospitalized patients: Data from a prospective observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Weisser, Maja ^a,b   Oostdijk, Evelien A ^b   Willems, Rob J L ^b   Bonten, Marc J M ^b   Frei, Reno ^a   Elzi, Luigia ^a   Halter, Jörg ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Top, Janetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMPICILLIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT DURATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RECTUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84858734872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-68     Document Type: Article

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