Diagnostic and public health dilemma of lactose-fermenting Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium in cattle in the Northeastern United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1221-1226

  McDonough, Patrick L ^a   Shin, Sang J ^a   Lein, Donald H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COLISTIN; COTRIMAZINE; EOSIN; ESTERASE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KANAMYCIN; LACTOSE; LINCOMYCIN; METHYLENE BLUE; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURAL; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0034048598     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1221-1226.2000     Document Type: Article

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