Emergence and characterisation of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-560

  Merquior, Vânia Lúcia Carreira ^a   Faria, Adriana Rocha ^a,b   da Rocha, Filomena Soares Pereira ^b   Morais, Jaqueline Martins ^b   Neves, Felipe Piedade Gonçalves ^c   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; VanB gene; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VANB PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84862289842     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400020     Document Type: Article

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