Description of a nosocomial outbreak of infection caused by a vanA-containing strain of Enterococcus faecalis in La Coruna, Spain

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 May;53(5):892-893. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkh190. Epub 2004 Mar 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spain

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • VanA ligase, Bacteria
  • Carbon-Oxygen Ligases