Presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in farm and pet animals

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2285-2287

  Devriese, Luc A ^a   Ieven, Margaretha ^b   Goossens, Herman ^b   Vandamme, Peter ^a,b   Pot, Bruno ^c   Hommez, Jozef ^d   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c BCCM/LMG Culture Collection   (Belgium)

^d Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; KANAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029842788     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2285     Document Type: Article

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