Spread without known selective pressure of a vancomycin-resistant clone of Enterococcus faecium among broilers | Zendy

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Spread without known selective pressure of a vancomycin-resistant clone of Enterococcus faecium among broilers

Author(s) -

Oscar Nilsson,

Christina Greko,

Janetta Top,

A. Franklin,

Björn Bengtsson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp045

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , enterococcus faecium , genotyping , biology , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , clone (java method) , enterococcus , typing , veterinary medicine , antibiotics , genotype , bacteria , genetics , gene , staphylococcus aureus , medicine

The aim of this paper was to describe an increased occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish broilers since 2000 and to investigate the genetic relatedness of isolates.

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