Solation of a vanA positive Enterococcus faecium from commercial broiler farms in Turkey

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2010

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

In this study, the vanA gene indicating Vancomisin Resistance Enterococcus (VRE) was ascertained from swab samples (n=400) collected from commercial broiler farms. VRE was isolated only from a single sample and identified as Enterococcus faecium by the biochemical tests. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin was determined as >256 ?g/ml by E- test. Furthermore, the vanA gene was detected by PCR.

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Broiler, Enterococcus faecium, VanA, Vancomycin resistance enterococcus (VRE)

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Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi

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Q3

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16

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1

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