Rare occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium among livestock animals in china

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2948-2949

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Lai, Eileen ^a   Chan, Pui Ying ^a   Lo, Wai U ^a   Chow, Kin Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glycopeptides; Multilocus sequence typing; Swine

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AVOPARCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPSILOMETER TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

GLYCOPEPTIDES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LIVESTOCK; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84887552645     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt293     Document Type: Letter

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