Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9180, 1999, Pages 741-742

  Pantosti, Annalisa ^a   Grosso, Maria Del ^a   Tagliabue, Silvia ^b   Macrì, Agostino ^a   Caprioli, Alfredo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344980418     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02395-8     Document Type: Article

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