Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104 isolates and investigation of strains with transferable apramycin resistance

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Low, J C ^a   Angus, M ^b   Hopkins, G ^c   Munro, D ^d   Rankin, S C ^d  

^a SACVS Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^b SACVS St Boswells   (United Kingdom)

^c SACVS Thurso   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEBRAMYCIN; R FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030897101     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007339     Document Type: Article

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