title: Rare occurrence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among livestock animals in China.
authors.affiliation: Carol Yu's Centre for Infection and Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Pak-Leung
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Pui-Ying
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Wai-U
authors.initials: WU
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Kin-Hung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D058751:Livestock; D015995:Prevalence; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
keywords: glycopeptides; multilocus sequence typing; swine