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Presence and mechanism of macrolide-lincosamide resistance in Enterococcus columbae strains belonging to the intestinal flora of pigeons.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Jun 2004
Kimpe Anja, Decostere Annemie, Baele Margo, Devriese Luc A, Haesebrouck Freddy
Abstract excerpt
Faecal samples from 50 pigeons all originating from different lofts were screened for the presence of macrolide and lincosamide (ML)-resistant isolates of Streptococcus gallolyticus and Enterococcus columbae by plating the samples onto selective media. Sixty-eight ML-resistant E. columbae strains were recovered from the faecal samples of 29 animals. Two of these samples also harboured ML-resistant S. gallolyticus...
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