Multiple antibiotic resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolates from swine farms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2770-2772

  Mathew, A G ^a   Saxton, A M ^a   Upchurch, W G ^a   Chattin, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAMYCIN; CARBADOX; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033007760     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2770-2772.1999     Document Type: Article

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