VanA in enterococcus faecium, enterococcus faecalis, and enterococcus casseliflavus detected in french cattle

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1107-1111

  Haenni, Marisa ^a   Saras, Estelle ^a   Chĝtre, Pierre ^a   Meunier, Danièle ^a   Martin, Sylvie ^b   Lepage, Gérard ^c   Ménard, Marie Françoise ^c   Lebreton, Patricia ^d   Rambaud, Thomas ^d   Madec, Jean Yves ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b LCAM   (France)

^c LVD53   (France)

^d LVD76   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYROTHRICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN A; VANCOMYCIN B; VANCOMYCIN C; VANCOMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRANCE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHENOTYPE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 70449334546     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0303     Document Type: Article

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