| enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium isolates from milk, beef, and chicken and their antibiotic resistance. | the occurrence and antibiotic resistance of enterococci, especially enterococcus faecalis and enterococcus faecium, in milk, beef, and chicken in gaborone, botswana, were studied. enterococci were isolated from these sources with the use of bile esculin agar and identified with api 20 strep kits. antibiotic resistance was determined by the disk diffusion method. the antibiotics tested were vancomycin, teicoplanin, ampicillin, tetracycline, and cephalothin. among the 1,467 enterococci isolated fr ... | 2003 | 12800991 |