Antimicrobial resistance in pig faecal samples from The Netherlands (five abattoirs) and Sweden

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 663-671

  Van Den Bogaard, A E J M ^a   London, N ^a   Stobberingh, E E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUMEQUINE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SWEDEN; SWINE;

EID: 0034015301     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.5.663     Document Type: Article

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