Characterization of Enterococcus faecium isolates and first report of vanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence in the Middle East

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3223-3229

  Al Ahdal, M N ^a   Abozaid, S M ^a   Al Shammary, H F ^a   Bohol, M F ^a   Al Thawadi, S I ^a   Al Jaberi, A A ^a   Senok, A C ^b   Shibl, A M ^c   Al Qahtani, A A ^a,b,d  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOLYSIN; DALFOPRISTIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; LINEZOLID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; QUINUPRISTIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACE BACTERIAL GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASA 1 BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYLA BACTERIAL GENE; CYLL BACTERIAL GENE; CYLM BACTERIAL GENE; EFAA BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP BACTERIAL GENE; FECES CULTURE; GELE BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HYL BACTERIAL GENE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAUDI ARABIA; VANA BACTERIAL GENE; VANB BACTERIAL GENE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHENOTYPE; SAUDI ARABIA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84868001825     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1689-4     Document Type: Article

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