Transient intestinal carriage after ingestion of antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus faecium from chicken and pork

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1161-1166

  Sørensen, Thomas Lund ^a   Blom, Marianne ^a   Monnet, Dominique L ^a   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a   Poulsen, Rikke Lykke ^a   Espersen, Frank ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; INTESTINE; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MEAT; SWINE; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0035909653     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa010692     Document Type: Article

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