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Nosocomial Outbreak Due to Enterococcus faecium Highly Resistant to Vancomycin, Penicillin, and Gentamicin by Handwerger, Sandra, Raucher, Beth, Altarac, David, Monka, Jean, Marchione, Susan, Singh, Kavindra V., Murray, Barbara E., Wolff, John, Walters, Brian

“…In October 1990, Enterococcus faecium that was highly resistant to glycopeptides, penicillins, and aminoglycosides was isolated from the peritoneal dialysis…”
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Binding Studies of Vancomycin to the Cytoplasmic Peptidoglycan Precursors By Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis by Liu, Jinping, Volk, Kevin J, Lee, Mike S, Pucci, Michael, Handwerger, Sandra

“…The ability of vancomycin to bind three cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursors in bacterial species was studied using affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE)…”
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Concomitant High-Level Vancomycin and Penicillin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Enterococci by Handwerger, Sandra, Perlman, David C., Altarac, David, McAuliffe, Vincent

“…Enterococci are important nosocomial pathogens among which resistance to multiple antibiotics is being recognized with increasing frequency. We characterized…”
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Antibiotic Tolerance among Clinical Isolates of Bacteria by Sandra Handwerger, Tomasz, Alexander

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Infection Due to Leuconostoc Species: Six Cases and Review by Sandra Handwerger, Horowitz, Harold, Kenneth Coburn, Antonia Kolokathis, Wormser, Gary P.

“…Leuconostocs, members of the family Streptococcaceae, have only recently been recognized as potential pathogens. We describe six cases of leuconostoc…”
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Mobilization of vancomycin resistance by transposon-mediated fusion of a VanA plasmid with an Enterococcus faecium sex pheromone-response plasmid by Heaton, Michael P., Discotto, Linda F., Pucci, Michael J., Handwerger, Sandra

“…A striking feature of recent outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant (Vm R) enterococci is the apparent horizontal dissemination of resistance determinants. The…”
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Vancomycin-resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus casei synthesize cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursors that terminate in lactate by HANDWERGER, S, PUCCI, M. J, VOLK, K. J, JINPING LIU, LEE, M. S

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Comparative in-vitro activities of RP59500 (quinupristin/dalfopristin), CL 329,998, CL 331,002, trovafloxacin, clinafloxacin, teicoplanin and vancomycin against Gram-positive bacteria by SHONEKAN, D, HANDWERGER, S, MILDVAN, D

“…The in-vitro activities of five investigational antibiotics, RP59500 (a semisynthetic injectable streptogramin), CL 329,998 and CL 331,002 (two new…”
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Induction of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium by inhibition of transglycosylation by Handwerger, S, Kolokathis, A

“…Vancomycin resistance has recently been recognized among clinical isolates of enterococci. Resistance is inducible, and associated with production of a novel…”
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Conjugative mobilization of a vancomycin resistance plasmid by a putative Enterococcus faecium sex pheromone response plasmid by Heaton, M P, Handwerger, S

“…Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that horizontal gene transfer may be an important mechanism for dissemination of vancomycin resistance. A filter…”
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The cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursor of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis terminates in lactate by HANDWERGER, S, PUCCI, M. J, VOLK, K. J, JINPING LIU, LEE, M. S

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Persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium gastrointestinal tract colonization in antibiotic-treated mice by Dever, L L, Handwerger, S

“…Colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) is strongly associated with previous antimicrobial therapy. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract…”
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Tuberculosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome at a New York City hospital: 1978-1985 by Handwerger, S, Mildvan, D, Senie, R, McKinley, F W

“…Recent reports have described an increase in cases of tuberculosis in several urban centers. To investigate the possible relationship between tuberculosis and…”
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Alterations in Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Clinical and Laboratory Isolates of Pathogenic Streptococcus pneumoniae with Low Levels of Penicillin Resistance by Handwerger, Sandra, Tomasz, Alexander

“…Several recent surveys of clinical isolates have indicated that substantial fractions of naturally occurring populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae have…”
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Insertional inactivation of a gene which controls expression of vancomycin resistance on plasmid pHKK100 by Handwerger, S, Discotto, L, Thanassi, J, Pucci, M J

“…Expression of inducible high level vancomycin resistance (Vmr) in enterococci appears to require other plasmid-encoded genes in addition to the previously…”
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Toxic keratopathy associated with suramin therapy by Teich, S A, Handwerger, S, Mathur-Wagh, U, Yancovitz, S, Desnick, R J, Mildvan, D

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Prognostic significance of quantitative levels of HIV p24 binding capacity in HIV infection by Croxson, T S, Mathur-Wagh, U, Handwerger, S, Siroty, W E, Kaminisky, D, Reagan, K J, Yancovitz, S R, Mildvan, D

“…Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1), produces a chronic infection with a long latency before clinical disease. We followed 214 untreated subjects for…”
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Tuberculosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Maguire, F E, Bagley, P H, Murray, K M, Schillaci, R F

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Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis with ganciclovir (9-[2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl) ethoxymethyl] guanine (BW B759U) by Orellana, J, Teich, S A, Winterkorn, J S, Mathur-Wagh, U, Handwerger, S, Schlamm, H, Malamud, S C, Yancovitz, S R, Cederberg, D M, Mildvan, D S

“…Six patients (11 eyes) with virologically confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis involving the posterior pole of the eye were treated with a new drug,…”
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Infection Due to Leuconostoc Species [with Reply] by Golledge, C L

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