Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban.
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%.
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D017277:Drug Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006020:Glycopeptides; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; D014640:Vancomycin; C016249:avoparcin