Molecular epidemiology of Enterococcus sp. isolated in a university hospital in Algeria

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 656-662

  Djahmi, Nassima ^a,b   Boutet Dubois, Adeline ^a,c   Nedjai, Sabrina ^b   Dekhil, Mazouz ^b   Sotto, Albert ^a,c   Lavigne, Jean Philippe ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Annaba   (Algeria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Clonal complex; Clonality; Enterococcus; MLST; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; MACROLIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84865314460     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.673232     Document Type: Article

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