Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital in Crete, Greece: a cluster of cases and prevalence study on intestinal colonisation 

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Emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary hospital in Crete, Greece: a cluster of cases and prevalence study on intestinal colonisation  A. Christidou, A. Gikas, E. Scoulica, J. Pediaditis, M. Roumbelaki, A. Georgiladakis, Y. Tselentis  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 999-1005 (November 2004) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00992.x Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Agarose gel electrophoresis of amplified vanA, vanB, vanC1, vanC2/C3, E. faecalis-specific, E. faecium-specific and rrs genes by the multiplex PCR assay containing seven primer sets. Lanes: 1, E. faecalis vanB; 2 and 5, E. gallinarum vanC1; 3, E. faecalis vanA; 4 and 6, E. casseliflavus/flavescens; 7, E. faecium vanB; 8, E. faecium vanA; M, 1-kb DNA ladder. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2004 10, 999-1005DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00992.x) Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

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