Detection of vancomycin resistance in enterococcus species isolated from clinical samples and feces of colonized patients by phenotypic and genotypic methods | Zendy

PriyankaPaul Biswas | Zendy; Sangeeta Dey | Zendy; Luna Adhikari | Zendy; Aninda Sen | Zendy

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Detection of vancomycin resistance in enterococcus species isolated from clinical samples and feces of colonized patients by phenotypic and genotypic methods

Author(s) -

PriyankaPaul Biswas,

Sangeeta Dey,

Luna Adhikari,

Aninda Sen

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

indian journal of pathology and microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 0974-5130

pISSN - 0377-4929

DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.182015

Subject(s) - feces , genotype , enterococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , vancomycin , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , phenotype , resistance (ecology) , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics , gene , staphylococcus aureus , ecology

The aim of this study was to find out the clinical correlation between the presence of vancomycin-resistant genes (van A and van B) and their expression as detected by phenotypic tests in colonized patients and in clinical isolates.

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