Enterococci with glycopeptide resistance in turkeys, turkey farmers, turkey slaughterers, and (sub)urban residents in the south of The Netherlands: Evidence for transmission of vancomycin resistance from animals to humans?

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2215-2221

  Stobberingh, Ellen ^a   Van Den Bogaard, Anthony ^a   London, Nancy ^a   Driessen, Christel ^a   Top, Janetta ^b   Willems, Rob ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AVOPARCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TEICOPLANIN; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRANSPOSON; TURKEY (BIRD); URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032883816     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.9.2215     Document Type: Article

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