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Transmission of VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and <i>vanA</i> Resistance Elements between Chicken and Humans at Avoparcin-Exposed Farms
1 Dec 1998
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The genetical relatedness between epidemiologically linked fecal VRE strains from poultry farmers (n = 5) and their broilers (n = 7) at five avoparcin-exposed Norwegian farms was examined. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of bacterial chromosomal digests and structural analysis of vanA resistance elements was performed. Animal and human Enterococcus faecium strains at one farm were genetically closely...
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