Co-transfer of resistance to high concentrations of copper and first-line antibiotics among Enterococcus from different origins (humans, animals, the environment and foods) and clonal lineages

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 899-906

  Silveira, Eduarda ^a   Freitas, Ana R ^a   Antunes, Patrícia ^a   Barros, Mariana ^a   Campos, Joana ^a   Coque, Teresa M ^b,c,d   Peixe, Luísa ^a   Novais, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocides; Horizontal transfer; Metals; Multicopper oxidase; TcrB

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COPPER SULFATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUEO GENE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL TOLERANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TCRB GENE;

BIOCIDES; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; METALS; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; TCRB;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84896442393     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt479     Document Type: Article

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