High Incidence of Multiple-Drug-Resistant Pheromone-Responsive Plasmids and Transmissions of VanA-Type Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> between Livestock and Humans in Taiwan
A total of seventy VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolates obtained in Taiwan in the early 2000s were retrospectively characterized. Forty isolates were obtained from human patients and thirty from livestock. Of these VRE isolates, twenty-three (57.5%) of the human VRE and thirty (...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Antibiotics |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/12/1668 |