High Prevalence of VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Austrian Poultry

Fecal samples from humans and food-producing animals were analyzed for the presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). The VRE carriage rate in humans was 6%, and there was a predominance of VanC-type resistance. Enterococcus faecium with vanA-mediated resistance was frequent in broiler chic...

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Main Authors: Eisner, Alexandra, Feierl, Gebhard, Gorkiewicz, Gregor, Dieber, Franz, Kessler, Harald H., Marth, Egon, Köfer, Josef
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
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Public Health Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1266017/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16204568
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.10.6407-6409.2005
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