Prevalence and antibiotic resistance profiles of Enterococcus species in chicken at slaughter level; absence of vanA and vanB genes in E. faecalis and E. faecium

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Kasimoglu Dogru, Aylin ^a   Gencay, Y Emre ^a   Ayaz, N Deniz ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Chicken neck skin; Enterococcus spp.; Multiplex PCR; VanA; VanB

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VANA GENE; VANB GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; SKIN;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII;

EID: 77955927834     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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