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Phylogenetic Characterization of Fecal Microbial Communities of Dogs Fed Diets with or without Supplemental Dietary Fiber Using 454 Pyrosequencing

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The effect of the macrolide antibiotic tylosin on microbial diversity in the canine small intestine as demonstrated by massive parallel 16S rRNA gene sequencing

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Hospital and Societal Costs of Antimicrobial‐Resistant Infections in a Chicago Teaching Hospital: Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship

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Prevalence, species distribution and antimicrobial resistance of enterococci isolated from dogs and cats in the United States

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Analysis of Clonality and Antibiotic Resistance among Early Clinical Isolates ofEnterococcus faeciumin the United States

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Antimicrobial therapy and aerobic bacteriologic culture patterns in canine intensive care unit patients: 74 dogs (January-June 2006)

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(2009) Linda A. Frank et al.   VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY

Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)

(2008) Scot E Dowd et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

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Emergence of CC17Enterococcus faecium: from commensal to hospital-adapted pathogen

(2008) Janetta Top et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of bacterial diversity in the canine duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and colon by comparative 16S rRNA gene analysis

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Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Annual Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006–2007

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Large clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant CC17 ST17 Enterococcus faecium containing Tn5382 in a Spanish hospital

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Monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in healthy dogs: First report of canine ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clonal complex 17

(2008) Peter Damborg et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

The Pervasive Effects of an Antibiotic on the Human Gut Microbiota, as Revealed by Deep 16S rRNA Sequencing

(2008) Les Dethlefsen et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Susceptibility to vancomycin and other antibiotics of 165 Enterococcus strains isolated from dogs in Italy

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