Erythromycin- and copper-resistant Enterococcus hirae from marine sediment and co-transfer of erm(B) and tcrB to human Enterococcus faecalis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-28

  Pasquaroli, Sonia ^a   Di Cesare, Andrea ^a   Vignaroli, Carla ^a   Conti, Giulia ^a   Citterio, Barbara ^b   Biavasco, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Heavy metals; Marine environment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CADMIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MERCURY; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CADMIUM RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; COPPER RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ERM(B) GENE; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TCRB GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84926212265     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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