Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococcus faecium strains from animals and humans

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Butaye, Patrick ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal; Enterococcus; Human; Resistance transfer; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; CEFALEXIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; CHICKEN; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; FOOD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032762836     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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