Occurrence and relatedness of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in animals, humans, and the environment in different European regions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5383-5390

  Kühn, Inger ^a   Iversen, Aina ^a   Finn, Maria ^b   Greko, Christina ^b   Burman, Lars G ^c   Blanch, Anicet R ^d   Vilanova, Xavier ^d   Manero, Albert ^d   Taylor, Huw ^e   Caplin, Jonathan ^e   Domínguez, Lucas ^f   Herrero, Inmaculada A ^f   Moreno, Miguel A ^f   Möllby, Roland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HOSPITALS; SEWAGE;

BIOCHEMICAL PHENOTYPING; GLYCOPEPTIDE AVOPARCIN; HOSPITAL SEWAGE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCCI (VRE);

MICROBIOLOGY;

AVOPARCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEWAGE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUROPE; FECES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEWAGE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 25144446965     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5383-5390.2005     Document Type: Article

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