Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Cephalic Recording Chambers in Research Macaques (Macaca spp.)

Nonhuman primates are commonly used for cognitive neuroscience research and often surgically implanted with cephalic recording chambers for electrophysiological recording. Aerobic bacterial cultures from 25 macaques identified 72 bacterial isolates, including 15 Enterococcus faecalis isolates. The E...

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Main Authors: Lebreton, Francois (Author), Dzink-Fox, Joanne (Author), Gilmore, Michael S. (Author), Woods, Stephanie (Contributor), Lieberman, Mia (Contributor), Trowel, Elise (Contributor), de la Fuente Nunez, Cesar (Contributor), Fox, James G (Contributor)
Other Authors: MIT Synthetic Biology Center (Contributor), Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2017-06-16T18:42:24Z.
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