Clonal diversity and antimicrobial resistance of enterococcus faecalis isolated from endodontic infections

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 175-180

  Al Badah, Abdulhakim Suliman ^a   Ibrahim, Abdelnasser S S ^b,c   Al Salamah, Ali A ^b   Ibrahim, Shebl Salah S ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Endodontic infection; Enterococcus faecalis; Genotype; RAPD; RFLP

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CANALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDODONTIC INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; RAPD; RFLP;

BACILLI;

ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDODONTICS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 84930247237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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