In-vitro transfer of antibiotic resistance between faecal Escherichia coli strains isolated from pig farmers and pigs

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1141-1154

  Nijsten, R ^a   London, N ^a   Van den Bogaard, A ^a   Stobberingh, E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SWINE;

EID: 0029780434     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.6.1141     Document Type: Article

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