Werner, Guido <br/><br/>
Increasing rates of vancomycin resistance among Enterococcus faecium isolated from German hospitals between 2004 and 2006 are due to wide clonal dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and horizontal spread of vanA clusters.  [electronic resource] 

 -  International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM  Jul 2008 
 - 515-27 p.  digital 
<br/><br/> Publication Type: Journal Article 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1618-0607 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.05.008  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bacterial Proteins--genetics<br/>Bacterial Typing Techniques<br/>Blotting, Southern<br/>Carbon-Oxygen Ligases--genetics<br/>Cluster Analysis<br/>Cross Infection--microbiology<br/>DNA, Bacterial--genetics<br/>Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field<br/>Enterococcus faecium--classification<br/>Gene Transfer, Horizontal<br/>Genotype<br/>Germany<br/>Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections--microbiology<br/>Hospitals<br/>Humans<br/>Minisatellite Repeats<br/>Phylogeny<br/>Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods<br/>Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length<br/>Sequence Analysis, DNA<br/>Vancomycin Resistance--genetics<br/>Virulence Factors--genetics