Isolation and molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium from swine in Michigan, USA

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 319-326

  Gordoncillo, M J N ^a,b   Donabedian, S ^c   Bartlett, P C ^a   Perri, M ^c   Zervos, M ^c   Kirkwood, R ^d   Febvay, C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (Thailand)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonal complex; Michigan; Swine; vanA gene; Vancomycin resistant enterococci; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CLONAL COMPLEX; MICHIGAN; SWINE; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ANIMALS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; ZOONOSES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 84880328426     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12008     Document Type: Article

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