Genome-based characterization of hospital-adapted Enterococcus faecalis lineages

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Raven, Kathy E ^a   Reuter, Sandra ^a   Gouliouris, Theodore ^a,b,c   Reynolds, Rosy ^d,e   Russell, Julie E ^f   Brown, Nicholas M ^b,d   Török, M Estée ^a,b,c   Parkhill, Julian ^g   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,c,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d 11 the Wharf   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; IRELAND; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84973491934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2015.33     Document Type: Article

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