Spread of multidrug-resistant enterococcus to animals and humans: An underestimated role for the pig farm environment

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2746-2754

  Novais, Carla ^a   Freitas, Ana R ^a,b   Silveira, Eduarda ^a   Antunes, Patrícia ^a   Silva, Ricardo ^c   Coque, Teresa M ^b,d,e   Peixe, Luísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^d Unidad de Resistencia a Antibió ticos y Virulencia Bacteriana   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co resistance; High risk clones; Indirect contamination routes; Swine; Vana

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MINOCYCLINE; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PIG FARMING; RURAL AREA; SWINE;

CO-RESISTANCE; HIGH-RISK CLONES; INDIRECT CONTAMINATION ROUTES; SWINE; VANA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; SWINE;

EID: 84887534043     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt289     Document Type: Article

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