Antibiotic-resistant strains of Enterococcus isolated from Swedish and Danish retailed chicken and pork

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1163-1170

  Quednau, M ^a   Ahrne S ^a,c   Petersson, A C ^b   Molin, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACILLI; MEATS; STRAIN;

DONOR STRAINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESISTANT STRAINS; SWEDISHS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0031853628     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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