vanA-mediated high-level glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecium from animal husbandry

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 165-171

  Klare, I ^a   Heier, H ^a   Claus, H ^a   Reissbrodt, R ^a   Witte, W ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal farms; Avoparcin; Enterococcus faecium; Glycopeptide resistance; vanA gene

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMAN; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SWINE;

EID: 0028955732     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(94)00493-B     Document Type: Article

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