Occurrence of virulent multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in the pigs, farmers and farm environments in Malaysia

Background Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are ubiquitous opportunistic pathogens found in the guts of humans and farmed animals. This study aimed to determine the occurrence, antimicrobial resistance, virulence, biofilm-forming ability and genotypes of E. faecalis and E. faecium fro...

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Main Authors: Tan, S.C., Chong, C.W., Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju, Ooi, P.T., Thong, Kwai Lin
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: PeerJ 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/18998/1/peerj-published.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/18998/
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5353
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