Article
Correlation between phenotypic characteristics and DNA relatedness within Enterococcus faecium strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1995
Teixeira L M, Facklam R R, Steigerwalt A G, Pigott N E, Merquior V L, Brenner D J
Abstract excerpt
We noted that a number of enterococcal strains isolated from human clinical specimens resembled Enterococcus faecium but were able to produce acid from glycerol, raffinose, and/or sorbitol, while others failed to form acid from mannitol. An additional concern was that many of these strains with a...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus faecium
- Glycerol
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Mannitol
- Phenotype
- Raffinose
- Sorbitol
- Species Specificity
- Vancomycin