Clonality of Enterococcus faecalis associated with amyloid arthropathy in chickens evaluated by multilocus sequence typing (MLST)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 392-395

  Petersen, Andreas ^a   Christensen, Henrik ^a   Philipp, Hans C ^b   Bisgaard, Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LOHMANN TIERZUCHT GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid arthropathy; Enterococcus faecalis; MLST

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; JOINT DISEASES; POULTRY DISEASES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 58749100837     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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