A nanoplex PCR assay for the rapid detection of vancomycin and bifunctional aminoglycoside resistance genes in Enterococcus species

[1] Simonsen GS(2003)Prevalence of resistance to ampicillin, gentamicin and vancomycin in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical specimens and use of antimicrobials in five Nordic hospitals J Antimicrob Chemother 51 323-331

[2] Smabrekke L(2004)Does the use of antibiotics in food animals pose a risk to human health? A critical review of published data J Antimicrob Chemother 53 28-52

[3] Monnet DL(2000)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci Clin Microbiol Rev 13 686-707

[4] Sorensen TL(2005)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Singapore teaching hospital prior to 2005 Singapore Med J 46 311-312

[5] Moller JK(2005)Community-acquired vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: a case report from Malaysia J Med Microbiol 54 901-903

[6] Kristinsson KG(1996)Enterococcus faecium with high-level vancomycin resistance isolated from the blood culture of a bone marrow transplant patient in Malaysia Med J Malaysia 51 383–385-489

[7] Lagerqvist-Widh A(2006)Hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci: now appearing in Kuala Lumpur Hospital Med J Malaysia 61 487-948

[8] Torell E(2003)The vanG glycopeptide resistance operon from Enterococcus faecalis revisited Mol Microbiol 50 931-130

[9] Digranes A(2006)Genotypic diversity and epidemiology of high-level gentamicin resistant Enterococcus in a Chinese hospital J Infect 52 124-89

[10] Harthug S(2001)Increasing prevalence of high-level gentamicin resistance among Enterococci isolated in Greece Chemotherapy 47 86-3565

[1] Simonsen GS(2003)Prevalence of resistance to ampicillin, gentamicin and vancomycin in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical specimens and use of antimicrobials in five Nordic hospitals J Antimicrob Chemother 51 323-331

[2] Smabrekke L(2004)Does the use of antibiotics in food animals pose a risk to human health? A critical review of published data J Antimicrob Chemother 53 28-52

[3] Monnet DL(2000)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci Clin Microbiol Rev 13 686-707

[4] Sorensen TL(2005)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Singapore teaching hospital prior to 2005 Singapore Med J 46 311-312

[5] Moller JK(2005)Community-acquired vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: a case report from Malaysia J Med Microbiol 54 901-903

[6] Kristinsson KG(1996)Enterococcus faecium with high-level vancomycin resistance isolated from the blood culture of a bone marrow transplant patient in Malaysia Med J Malaysia 51 383–385-489

[7] Lagerqvist-Widh A(2006)Hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant enterococci: now appearing in Kuala Lumpur Hospital Med J Malaysia 61 487-948

[8] Torell E(2003)The vanG glycopeptide resistance operon from Enterococcus faecalis revisited Mol Microbiol 50 931-130

[9] Digranes A(2006)Genotypic diversity and epidemiology of high-level gentamicin resistant Enterococcus in a Chinese hospital J Infect 52 124-89

[10] Harthug S(2001)Increasing prevalence of high-level gentamicin resistance among Enterococci isolated in Greece Chemotherapy 47 86-3565