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Isolation and characterization of vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus cecorum from retail poultry in Japan.
International journal of food microbiology - 15 Feb 2012
Harada Tetsuya, Kawahara Ryuji, Kanki Masashi, Taguchi Masumi, Kumeda Yuko
Abstract excerpt
The isolation rate of high-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from poultry samples in Japan has increased in recent years. As this raises concerns for the potential spread of genes encoding vancomycin resistance, poultry is routinely screened for VRE. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus cecorum strain (E. cecorum IPHa84) from retail...
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