Typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci obtained from patients at Danish hospitals and detection of a genomic island specific to CC17 Enterococcus faecium

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Mar;35(3):312-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.11.014. Epub 2009 Dec 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Denmark
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Enterococcus faecalis / classification*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Enterococcus faecium / classification*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Genomic Islands*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vancomycin Resistance*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial