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Prevalence and mechanism of resistance against macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramins among Enterococcus faecium isolates from food-producing animals and hospital patients in Belgium.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2007
De Graef E M, Decostere A, De Leener E, Goossens H, Baele M, Haesebrouck F
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The prevalence of acquired resistance to streptogramins, macrolides, and lincosamides and the genetic background of this resistance was investigated in Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from food-producing animals and hospital patients 4-5 years after the ban of streptogramins as growth promo...
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