Antimicrobial resistance in enterococci isolated from turkey flocks fed virginiamycin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 705-708

  Welton, L A ^a,b   Thal, L A ^a,b   Perri, M B ^a,b   Donabedian, S ^a,b   McMahon, J ^a,b   Chow, J W ^a,c   Zervos, M J ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOACA; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0031916654     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.3.705     Document Type: Article

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