Low prevalence of vancomycin- and bifunctional aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci isolated from poultry farms in Malaysia

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 221-226

  Chan, Yean Yean ^a   Abd Nasir, Mohd Hafiz B ^b   Yahaya, Mohd Azli B ^b   Salleh, Noor Mohamad Amin B ^b   Md Dan, Azril Deenor B ^b   Musa, Abd Majid B ^c   Ravichandran, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c Veterinary services headquarters   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bifunctional aminoglycoside resistant enterococci; Enterococci; Poultry; vanA genotype VanA phenotype; vanA genotype VanB phenotype; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE)

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FARMING SYSTEM; GENE; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; VANA GENE; VANC GENE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; POULTRY PRODUCTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 39149138121     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.11.063     Document Type: Article

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