Linkage of vat (E) and erm (B) in Streptogramin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Europe
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Use of streptogramin growth promoters in poultry and isolation of streptogramin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from humans.
BACKGROUND Virginiamycin use in poultry selects for Enterococcus faecium with cross-resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin, a drug for vancomycin-resistant E. faecium in humans. We conducted an epidemiologic study of poultry exposures as risk factors for human carriage of quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant E. faecium. METHODS Rectal or fecal samples for E. faecium testing were obtained from...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.8.2231-2232.2000