Vancomycin‐resistant enterococci and use of avoparcin in animal feed: is there a link?
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- viewpoint
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 171 (3) , 144-146
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123568.x
Abstract
Australia is unique among Western countries in allowing animal use of this vancomycin-like antibiotic.Keywords
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