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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from animal sources in Korea.
International journal of food microbiology - 1 Jan 2007
Jung Woo Kyung, Lim Ji Youn, Kwon Nam Hoon, Kim Jun Man, Hong Soon Keun, Koo Hye Cheong, Kim So Hyun, Park Yong Ho
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci for which the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin was >/=8 mg/l were isolated from meat, feces, and raw milk samples collected in Korea from March to November 2003. Among the 243 vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) that were identified the vanA vancomycin resistance gene was carried by 51 Enterococcus faecium and one Enterococcus sp., vanC1 was carried by 151 Enterococcus...
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