title: Decrease of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in poultry meat after avoparcin ban.
abstract: 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%.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pantosti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Grosso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tagliabue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macrì
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caprioli
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; D014640:Vancomycin; C016249:avoparcin