Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Point Barrow, Alaska, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 May;15(5):838-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1505.081219.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Alaska
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Charadriiformes / microbiology*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin Resistance* / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Vancomycin