Occurrence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistances in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium collected from dairy and human samples in North Italy

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 886-892

  Cariolato, Diego ^a   Andrighetto, Christian ^a   Lombardi, Angiolella ^a  

^a Istituto per la Qualita e le Tecnologie Agroalimentari   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 41549108351     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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