Distribution of streptogramin resistance determinants among Enterococcus faecium from a poultry production environment of the USA | Zendy

Joshua R. Hayes | Zendy; David D. Wagner | Zendy; Linda English | Zendy; L. E. Carr | Zendy; Sam W. Joseph | Zendy

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Distribution of streptogramin resistance determinants among Enterococcus faecium from a poultry production environment of the USA

Author(s) -

Joshua R. Hayes,

David D. Wagner,

Linda English,

L. E. Carr,

Sam W. Joseph

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh491

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , enterococcus , biology , antibiotic resistance , distribution (mathematics) , microbiology and biotechnology , resistance (ecology) , veterinary medicine , medicine , antibiotics , ecology , mathematics , mathematical analysis

The impact of agricultural use of antimicrobials on the present and future efficacy of therapeutic drugs in human medicine is a growing public concern. Quinupristin/dalfopristin has been approved to treat human disease caused by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and is related to virginiamycin, a streptogramin complex that has long been used in USA agriculture poultry production.

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