Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains isolated in poultry

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 52-59

  Kolar M ^a   Pantucek R ^b   Bardon, Jan ^c   Vagnerova I ^a   Typovska H ^a   Valka I ^a   Doskar J ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c National Veterinary Institute   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Poultry; Resistance; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POULTRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0036479194     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/5803-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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