Publications
| quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant enterococcus faecium on chicken and in human stool specimens. | the combination of the streptogramins quinupristin and dalfopristin was approved in the united states in late 1999 for the treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium infections. since 1974, another streptogramin, virginiamycin, has been used at subtherapeutic concentrations to promote the growth of farm animals, including chickens. | 2001 | 11642231 |
| combining targeted sampling and fluorometry to identify human fecal contamination in a freshwater creek. | many bacterial source tracking (bst) methods are too expensive for most communities to afford. in an effort to develop an inexpensive method of detecting human sources of fecal contamination in a freshwater creek during baseflow and stormflow conditions, we combined targeted sampling with fluorometry. targeted sampling is a prelude to bst and finds sources of fecal contamination by continued sampling and resampling over ever-decreasing distances. fluorometry identifies human fecal contamination ... | 2008 | 17998611 |