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Diversity of tn1546-like elements in vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from humans and poultry in Korea.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Yu Hak-Sun, Seol Sung-Yong, Cho Dong-Taek
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To investigate the possible spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci through horizontal gene transfer between two sources of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from farm animals and humans in Korea, molecular characterization of VRE isolated from poultry (20 isolates) and humans (35 isolates) was performed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of the vanA gene cluster...
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