Are Enterococcus faecalis strains with vat(E) in poultry a reservoir for human streptogramin resistance? vat(E) occurrence in human enterococcal bloodstream infections in North America (SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2002)

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Jan;48(1):360-1. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.360-361.2004.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteremia / blood
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Disease Reservoirs*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / blood
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Poultry
  • Poultry Diseases / microbiology*
  • Streptogramins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Streptogramins
  • Acetyltransferases
  • Vat protein, Bacteria