Study of faecal colonization by vanA-containing Enterococcus strains in healthy humans, pets, poultry and wild animals in Portugal

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Feb;55(2):278-80. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkh549. Epub 2005 Jan 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic / genetics
  • Animals, Domestic / microbiology
  • Animals, Wild / genetics
  • Animals, Wild / microbiology
  • Dogs
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / statistics & numerical data
  • Portugal / epidemiology
  • Poultry / genetics
  • Poultry / microbiology
  • Species Specificity
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • Vancomycin Resistance / drug effects
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics*

Substances

  • Vancomycin