High-density fecal Enterococcus faecium colonization in hospitalized patients is associated with the presence of the polyclonal subcluster CC17

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 519-522

  Ruiz Garbajosa, P ^a,b   De Regt, M ^c   Bonten, M ^c   Baquero, F ^a,b   Coque, T M ^a,b   Canton R ^a,b   Harmsen, H J M ^d   Willems, R J L ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPICILLIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84862889129     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1342-7     Document Type: Article

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