Dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci harboring vanA through disposal of waste derived from industrial production of vancomycin

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-406

  Guardabassi, Luca ^a   Bronnum P T ^a   Dano R ^a   Forslund, A ^a   Dalsgaard, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FERMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0036926448     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10766290260469688     Document Type: Article

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