Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits in clinical and environmental Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 326-333

  Rathnayake, I U ^a   Hargreaves, M ^a   Huygens, F ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; E. faecalis; E. faecium; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE MUTATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84864319279     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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