High prevalence of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci in austrian poultry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6407-6409

  Eisner, Alexandra ^a   Feierl, Gebhard ^a   Gorkiewicz, Gregor ^a   Dieber, Franz ^b   Kessler, Harald H ^a   Marth, Egon ^a   Köfer, Josef ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Department of Veterinary Administration in Styria ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BROILER CHICKENS; CATTLES; PIG SAMPLES; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI (VRE);

FOOD PRODUCTS;

AVOPARCIN; CELL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN VANA; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASE; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 26844456371     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6407-6409.2005     Document Type: Article

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