Antimicrobial resistance profiles of enterococci isolated from poultry meat and pasteurized milk in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 853-859

  Fracalanzza, Suely Aparecida Pimenta ^a   Scheidegger, Erica Miranda Damásio ^a   Dos Santos, Patricia Faria ^a   Leite, Paola Cardarelli ^a   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^b  

^a Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococci from pasteurized milk; Enterococci from poultry; Enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GILVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS SULFUREUS;

EID: 37049032641     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000120     Document Type: Article

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