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Molecular and clinical epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis

Author(s) -

Simona F. Oprea

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh138

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecalis , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , enterococcus , epidemiology , typing , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , gene , genetics , genotype

With the recent emergence of vancomycin-resistant (VR) Staphylococcus aureus, subsequent to the suggested transfer of the vanA resistance gene from Enterococcus faecalis, we sought to determine risk factors for acquisition of VR E. faecalis and to evaluate the molecular epidemiology of this less-prevalent and less-studied species of VR enterococcus.

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