Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in imported chickens in Japan

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9167, 1999, Pages 1854-

  Ike, Yasuyoshi ^a   Tanimoto, Koichi ^a   Ozawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nomura, Takahiro ^a   Fujimoto, Shuhei ^a   Tomita, Haruyoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; ENTEROCOCCUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344258201     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01060-0     Document Type: Article

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