Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban

Authors
Pantosti, A Del Grosso, M Tagliabue, S Macri, A Caprioli, A
Citation
A. Pantosti et al., Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban, LANCET, 354(9180), 1999, pp. 741-742
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9180
Year of publication
1999
Pages
741 - 742
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990828)354:9180<741:DOVEIP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In Italy, 18 months after the ban of avoparcin, the percentage of poultry m eat samples containing vanA gene-positive vancomycin-resistant enterococci fell from 14.6% to 8%.