Antibiotic resistance and mechanisms implicated in fecal enterococci recovered from pigs, cattle and sheep in a Portuguese slaughterhouse

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1485-1494

  Ramos, Sónia ^a,b   Igrejas, Gilberto ^a   Capelo Martinez, José Luis ^c,d   Poeta, Patrícia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Resistance genes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84871461484     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0402-7     Document Type: Article

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