Comparison of genetic epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from humans and poultry

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1121-1128

  Cha, Jeong Ok ^a   Jung, Young Hee ^a   Lee, Ha Rim ^a   Yoo, Jae Il ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; KOREA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84864085560     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.037549-0     Document Type: Article

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