Molecular characterisation of high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci from bloodstream infections in Denmark: first description of clonal spread of aph(2'')-Ib

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 Mar;39(3):266-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.11.007. Epub 2012 Jan 5.

Authors

Anette M Hammerum, Camilla H Lester, Stefan S Olsen, Anette Holm, Dennis S Hansen, Henrik C Schønheyder

PMID: 22226922
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.11.007

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Denmark / epidemiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Enterococcus / classification
Enterococcus / genetics
Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
Genes, Bacterial
Gentamicins / pharmacology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Hematologic Diseases / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / genetics
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / metabolism*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Gentamicins
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
aph(2')-Ib protein, Enterococcus faecium