Antimicrobial susceptibility of equine isolates of Actinobacillus spp. and identification of β-lactamases in some strains

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-293

  Sternberg, Susanna ^a   Greko, Christina ^b   Olsson Liljequist, Barbro ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033399973     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.289     Document Type: Article

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