Diversity of vanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from broilers, poultry slaughterers and hospitalized humans in Greece | Zendy

Ioannis Tzavaras | Zendy; Victoria I. Siarkou | Zendy; Αntonios Ζdragas | Zendy; Charalampos Kotzamanidis | Zendy; G. Vafeas | Zendy; E. BOURTZI-HATZOPOULOU | Zendy; Spyros Pournaras | Zendy; D. Sofianou | Zendy

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Diversity of vanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from broilers, poultry slaughterers and hospitalized humans in Greece

Author(s) -

Ioannis Tzavaras,

Victoria I. Siarkou,

Αntonios Ζdragas,

Charalampos Kotzamanidis,

G. Vafeas,

E. BOURTZI-HATZOPOULOU,

Spyros Pournaras,

D. Sofianou

Publication year - 2012

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/dks166

Subject(s) - broiler , biology , enterococcus faecium , veterinary medicine , ampicillin , tetracycline , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , antibiotics , medicine , zoology , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics , gene , genotype

This study investigated the prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the broiler production environment after the avoparcin ban and their epidemiological relationship with human clinical VRE from the same geographical regions in Greece.

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