Identification of a genetic determinant in clinical enterococcus faecium strains that contributes to intestinal colonization during antibiotic treatment

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1780-1786

  Zhang, Xinglin ^a   Top, Janetta ^a   De Been, Mark ^a   Bierschenk, Damien ^a   Rogers, Malbert ^a   Leendertse, Masja ^b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Van Der Poll, Tom ^b   Willems, Rob J L ^a   Van Schaik, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; comparative genomics; Enterococcus faecium; intestinal colonization; PTS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSTD GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84877277015     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit076     Document Type: Article

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