Commensal and environmental vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated in hospital settings: genotypic diversity, antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2014 Jul-Sep;32(3):345-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.136603.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
  • Environmental Microbiology*
  • Genotype
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Hospitals*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Typing
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Virulence Factors