Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban.
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Abstract
In Italy, 18 months after the ban of avoparcin, the percentage of poultry meat samples containing vanA gene-positive vancomycin-resistant enterococci fell from 14.6% to 8%.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Approval
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Enterococcus
- Food Microbiology
- Poultry
- Vancomycin