High abundance and diversity of antimicrobial resistance determinants among early vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Poland

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1193-1203

  Sadowy, E ^a   Sienko A ^b   Gawryszewska, I ^a   Bojarska, A ^a   Malinowska, K ^a   Hryniewicz, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Polish Armed Forces   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN PARC; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AAC(6') IE APH(2) GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANT(6') IA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESPEFM GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GYRA GENE; IS16 GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARC GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETM GENE; TN916 INTEGRASE GENE; TRANSPOSON; VANA GENE; VANB GENE;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLAND; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84882617787     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1868-y     Document Type: Article

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