Molecular characterization of resistance, virulence and clonality in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis: A hospital-based study in Beijing, China

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 253-260

  Yang, Jing Xian ^a   Li, Tong ^b   Ning, Yong Zhong ^c   Shao, Dong Hua ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Wang, Shu Qin ^a   Liang, Guo Wei ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CENTER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Multilocus sequence typing; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASA1 GENE; CHINA; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLA GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESP GENE; GELE GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYL GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84937967264     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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