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Spread without known selective pressure of a vancomycin-resistant clone of Enterococcus faecium among broilers.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2009
Nilsson O, Greko C, Top J, Franklin A, Bengtsson B
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this paper was to describe an increased occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in Swedish broilers since 2000 and to investigate the genetic relatedness of isolates. METHODS: Caecal content from slaughtered broilers was cultured for VRE on medium supplemented with vancomycin (16 mg/L). Species identification, antibiotic susceptibility determination, vancomycin resistance...
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