Characterization of hospital-associated lineages of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from clinical cases in dogs and humans

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Tremblay, Cindy Love ^a   Charlebois, Audrey ^a   Masson, Luke ^b   Archambault, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Clinical cases; Community associated; Enterococcus faecium; Hospital associated; MLST; Plasmid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE MUTATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84884244608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00245     Document Type: Article

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