Vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from animals and food

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• 作者：Robredo ; Beatriz ; Singh ; Kavindra V. ; Baquero ; Fernando ; Murray ; Barbara E. ; Torres ; Carmen
• 关键词：Enterococcus ; Vancomycin-resistance ; Chicken ; Identification
• 刊名：International Journal of Food Microbiology
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：March 25, 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：54
• 期：3
• 页码：197-204
• 全文大小：70.3 K

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One hundred and one chicken products, boiled ham and turkey cold meat were acquired from 18 different supermarkets in Spain during October 1997 to June 1998 and were analyzed for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). In the same way, 50 intestinal chicken samples from a slaughterhouse were also studied. VRE were detected in 25 of 92 samples of food of chicken origin (27.2 % ), but no VRE were found in cooked pork or turkey products. VRE were also detected in 8 of 50 intestinal chicken samples from the slaughterhouse (16 % ). VRE were identified as Enterococcus durans (n