Characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from broiler poultry and pig farms in England and Wales

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3283-3289

  Garcia Migura, L ^a   Pleydell, E ^a   Barnes, S ^a   Davies, R H ^a   Liebana, E ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; SALINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESP GENE; FECES; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIG FARMING; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WALES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 22144486610     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3283-3289.2005     Document Type: Article

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