Large conjugative vanA plasmids in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

MeSH terms

• Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
• Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics*
• Chromosome Mapping
• Conjugation, Genetic
• Drug Resistance, Microbial / genetics*
• Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
• Enterococcus / drug effects
• Enterococcus / genetics
• Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
• Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
• Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
• Humans
• Multigene Family
• Plasmids
• Restriction Mapping
• Vancomycin / pharmacology*