Isolation of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium from food

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Wegener, Henrik Caspar ^a   Madsen, Mogens ^a   Nielsen, Niels ^b   Aarestrup, Frank Møller ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Food Administration   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beef; Broilers; Detection; E. faecium; Food; Pork; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AGAR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEAT; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0030934693     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(96)01221-4     Document Type: Article

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