High genetic diversity of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing from a hospital in Malaysia

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Weng, Poh Leng ^a   Ramli, Ramliza ^b   Shamsudin, Mariana Nor ^a   Cheah, Yoke Kqueen ^a   Hamat, Rukman Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALAYSIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84879363769     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/938937     Document Type: Article

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