Variant esp gene in vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecium.

نویسندگان

  • L Baldassarri
  • L Bertuccini
  • M G Ammendolia
  • G Gherardi
  • R Creti
چکیده

1 Willems RJL, Homan W, Top J, et al. Variant esp gene as a marker of a distinct genetic lineage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium spreading in hospitals. Lancet 2001; 357: 853–55. 2 Shankar V, Baghdayan AS, Huycke MM, Lindahl G, Gilmore MS. Infection-derived Enterococcus faecalis strains are enriched in esp, a gene encoding a novel surface protein. Infect Immun 1999 67: 193–200. 3 Fontana R, Ligozzi M, Mazzariol A, Veneri G, Cornaglia G. Resistance of enterococci to ampicillin and glycopeptide antibiotics in Italy: The Italian Surveillance Group for Antimicrobial Resistance. Clin Infect Dis 1998 27: S84–86. 4 Mundy LM, Sahm DF, Gilmore M. Relationships between enterococcal virulence and antimicrobial resistance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2000 13: 513–22.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Lancet

دوره 357 9270  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001