Enterococci with acquired vancomycin resistance in pigs and chickens of different age groups

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-366

  Butaye, Patrick ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^a   Goossens, Herman ^b   Ieven, Margaretha ^b   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FECES; GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0033032669     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.2.365     Document Type: Article

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