Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from animal sources in Korea

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Jung, Woo Kyung ^a   Lim, Ji Youn ^a   Kwon, Nam Hoon ^a   Kim, Jun Man ^a   Hong, Soon Keun ^a   Koo, Hye Cheong ^a,b   Kim, So Hyun ^a,b   Park, Yong Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Animals; Antibiotic resistance; PFGE; Poultry; Transferability; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; KOREA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VANA GENE; VANC1 GENE; VANC2 GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; PREVALENCE; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33845496755     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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