Incidence of high-level evernimicin resistance in Enterococcus faecium among food animals and humans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3088-3090

  Aarestrup, Frank Møller ^a   McNicholas, Paul M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVILAMYCIN; EVERNIMICIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; EMTA GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036721018     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.3088-3090.2002     Document Type: Article

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