Antibiotic resistance patterns of enterococci and occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in raw minced beef and pork in Germany

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1825-1830

  Klein, Günter ^a   Pack, Alexander ^a   Reuter, Gerhard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; AVOPARCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; ORITAVANCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CHAIN; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031831198     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1825-1830.1998     Document Type: Article

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