Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from food animals to antimicrobial growth promoters and related therapeutic agents in Denmark

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 606-622

  Aarestrup, Frank Møller ^a   Bager, Flemming ^a   Jensen, Niels Einar ^a   Madsen, Mogens ^a   Meyling, Anders ^a   Wegener, Henrik Caspar ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteria; Food animals; Growth promoters; Surveillance; Therapeutic agents

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CARBADOX; ERYTHROMYCIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; LINCOMYCIN; MONENSIN; OLAQUINDOX; PRISTINAMYCIN; SALINOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREEDING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031822698     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01391.x     Document Type: Article

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