Genetic variability of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium and enterococcus faecalis isolates from humans, chickens, and pigs in malaysia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4528-4533

  Getachew, Yitbarek ^a,b   Hassan, Latiffah ^a   Zakaria, Zunita ^a   Abdul Aziz, Saleha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL COMPLEX; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

MAMMALS;

BACILLI;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DATABASE; GENETIC VARIATION; PIG; POULTRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84880696161     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00650-13     Document Type: Article

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