Antibiotic Resistance Profiling and Genotyping of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Collected from an Urban River Basin in the Provincial City of Miyazaki, Japan

Antibiotic Resistance Profiling and Genotyping of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Collected from an Urban River Basin in the Provincial City of Miyazaki, Japan

The distribution characteristics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and the resistance of enterococcus isolates to various antibiotics were investigated in Yae River, which flows through Miyazaki city, Japan. The prevalence of VRE among specimens collected from the urban river basin using mEI...

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Main Authors: Masateru Nishiyama, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Yoshihiro Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-01-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
VRE
antibiotic resistance
genotyping
vancomycin-resistant genes
river basin
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/2/79

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