| vancomycin resistance and antibiotic susceptibility of enterococci in raw meat. | the purpose of this study was to investigate antimicrobial resistance, in particular to vancomycin, of enterococci in samples (100) of meat (beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, and pork) sold in retail outlets of catanzaro (italy). enterococci were identified to the species level. antimicrobial susceptibility tests for a large spectrum of antibiotics including glycopeptides were performed by the disk diffusion method. kappa statistic was used to evaluate associations of resistance to vancomycin with ot ... | 2000 | 10914659 |