The occurrence of virulence traits among high-level aminoglycosides resistant Enterococcus isolates obtained from feces of humans, animals, and birds in South Korea

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Han, Dukki ^a   Unno, Tatsuya ^a   Jang, Jeonghwan ^a   Lim, Kyungtaek ^a   Lee, Sun Nim ^a   Ko, GwangPyo ^c   Sadowsky, Michael J ^d   Hur, Hor Gil ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental Science and Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Antibiotics; Enterococcus; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOLYSIN; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; KANAMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FECES; GOOSE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SAMPLE; SOUTH KOREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GELATINASES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 78650016923     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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