Multiplex PCR detection of vanA, vanB, vanC-1, and vanC-2/3 genes in enterococci

A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX

1984 • 14,824 citations

Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Vancomycin and Teicoplanin in Enterococcus Faecium

1988 • 1,441 citations

Detection of glycopeptide resistance genotypes and identification to the species level of clinically relevant enterococci by PCR

1995 • 1,363 citations

Recommendations for Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin Resistance

1995 • 756 citations

Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Enterococcus faecium Highly Resistant to Vancomycin, Penicillin, and Gentamicin

1993 • 446 citations

Characterization of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from U.S. hospitals

1993 • 395 citations

High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infections

1989 • 354 citations

Outbreak of vancomycin-, ampicillin-, and aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in an adult oncology unit

1994 • 332 citations

A Cluster of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in an Intensive Care Unit

1992 • 261 citations

Faecal carriage and nosocomial spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

1994 • 203 citations

In Vivo Development of Teicoplanin Resistance in a VanB Enterococcus faecium Isolate

1993 • 171 citations

Analysis of genes encoding D-alanine-D-alanine ligase-related enzymes in Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus flavescens

1994 • 160 citations

The vanB Gene Confers Various Levels of Self-Transferable Resistance to Vancomycin in Enterococci

1993 • 155 citations

Sequence of the vanC gene of Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174 encoding a d-alanine:d-alanine ligase-related protein necessary for vancomycin resistance

1992 • 149 citations

The VANA glycopeptide resistance protein is related to d-alanyl-d-alanine ligase cell wall biosynthesis enzymes

1990 • 141 citations

The vanB gene of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583 is structurally related to genes encoding d-Ala:d-Ala ligases and glycopeptide-resistance proteins VanA and VanC

1993 • 120 citations

Emergence of high-level resistance to glycopeptides in Enterococcus gallinarum and Enterococcus casseliflavus

1994 • 110 citations

Sequence of the vanB and ddl genes encoding d-alanine:d-lactate and d-alanine:d-alanine ligases in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583

1994 • 87 citations

Inducible and constitutive expression of vanC-1-encoded resistance to vancomycin in Enterococcus gallinarum

1995 • 57 citations

Detection of the Staphylococcal mecA gene by chemiluminescent DNA hybridization

1995 • 38 citations

The theoretical origin of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1995 • 8 citations