High-frequency recovery of quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from the poultry production environment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2298-2299

  Hayes, J R ^a   McIntosh, A C ^a   Qaiyumi, S ^a   Johnson, J A ^a   English, L L ^a   Carr, L E ^a   Wagner, D D ^a   Joseph, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD INDUSTRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034994863     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2298-2299.2001     Document Type: Article

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