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

S Handwerger, B. Raucher, David Altarac, +6

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Peritoneal Dialysis FluidPathogenic MicrobiologyAntibiotic ResistanceDrug ResistanceIntensive Care Unit +16

Vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus casei synthesize cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursors that terminate in lactate

S Handwerger, Michael J. Pucci, Kevin J. Volk, +2

Journal of Bacteriology

BacteriologyGlycobiologyAntimicrobial ChemotherapyAntibiotic ResistanceVancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc Mesenteroides +16

Identification of chromosomal mobile element conferring high-level vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium

S Handwerger, Justin Skoble

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

BacteriologyMolecular BiologyEnterococcus FaeciumAntibiotic ResistanceDrug Resistance +15

Heterogeneity of the vanA gene cluster in clinical isolates of enterococci from the northeastern United States

S Handwerger, Justin Skoble, Linda Discotto, +1

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Vana PhenotypeAntimicrobial Resistance GeneHealth SciencesPathogen DetectionAntibiotics +12

Tuberculosis and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome at a New York City Hospital: 1978-1985

S Handwerger, Donna Mildvan, Ruby T. Senie, +1

CHEST Journal

Primary ImmunodeficiencyPulmonary TuberculosisAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeImmunodeficienciesTuberculosis +2

Concomitant High-Level Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Enterococci

S Handwerger, David C. Perlman, David Altarac, +1

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vancomycin InductionAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesAntibioticsPenicillin-binding Protein 5 +13

Mobilization of vancomycin resistance by transposon-mediated fusion of a VanA plasmid with an Enterococcus faecium sex pheromone-response plasmid

Michael P. Heaton, Linda Discotto, Michael J. Pucci, +1

Gene

Antimicrobial Resistance GeneAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesTransposon-mediated FusionVancomycin Resistance +6

Penicillin-binding proteins of penicillin-susceptible and -resistant pneumococci: immunological relatedness of altered proteins and changes in peptides carrying the beta-lactam binding site

Regine Hakenbeck, Heinz Ellerbrok, Thomas Briese, +2

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

ImmunologyPenicillin-binding ProteinsAntibiotic ResistanceDrug ResistanceSmall Peptides +15

The cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursor of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis terminates in lactate

S Handwerger, Michael J. Pucci, Kevin J. Volk, +2

Journal of Bacteriology

BacteriologyGlycobiologyCytoplasmic Peptidoglycan PrecursorAntimicrobial ChemotherapyDrug Resistance +14

Binding Studies of Vancomycin to the Cytoplasmic Peptidoglycan Precursors By Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis

Jinping. Liu, Kevin J. Volk, Mike S. Lee, +2

Analytical Chemistry

Cytoplasmic Peptidoglycan PrecursorsGlycosylationBiochemistryMedicineBioanalysis +12