Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) strains isolated from animals and humans in Korea

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-62

  Song, Joon Young ^a   Hwang, In Sook ^a   Eom, Joong Sik ^a   Cheong, Hee Jin ^a   Bae, Won Ki ^b   Park, Yong Ho ^b   Kim, Woo Joo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Healthy person; PCR; PFGE (electrophoresis, gel, pulsed field); Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHICKEN; DILUTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; KOREA; MEAT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 19444387083     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2005.20.1.55     Document Type: Article

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