Characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates from broilers in Selangor, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 280-288

  Getachew, Y M ^a   Hassan, L ^a   Zakaria, Z ^a   Saleha, A A ^a   Kamaruddin, M I ^b   Che Zalina, M Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Veterinary Services ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA; VANC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC VARIATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 74549179674     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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