Evidence for Clonal Spread of a Single Strain of  -Lactamase-Producing Enterococcus (Streptococcus) faecalis to Six Hospitals in Five States

E Murray, B; V. Singh, Kavindra; M. Markowitz, Sheldon; Lopardo, Horacio; E. Patterson, Jan; J. Zervos, M.; Rubeglio, E.; M. Eliopoulos, George; B. Rice, Louis; W. Goldstein, F.; G. Jenkins, Stephen; M. Caputo, G.; Nasnas, R; Steele Moore, Lynn; S. Wong, Edward; M. Weinstock, George

doi:10.1093/infdis/163.4.780

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Evidence for Clonal Spread of a Single Strain of -Lactamase-Producing Enterococcus (Streptococcus) faecalis to Six Hospitals in Five States

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Apr 1, 1991

Authors:

B E Murray

Kavindra V. Singh

Sheldon M. Markowitz

Abstract

Beta-lactamase-producing (Bla+) enterococci have been reported in three state and two countries. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to compare 14 Bla+ Enterococcus (Streptococcus) faecalis isolated from hospitalized patients in seven states and three continents. The restriction endonuclease d...

Subject

Enterococcus faecalis

Strain (injury)

Microbiology

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