Antimicrobial resistance and resistance gene determinants in clinical Escherichia coli from different animal species in Switzerland

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Lanz, Roland ^a   Kuhnert, Peter ^a   Boerlin, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli; Integron; Streptomycin; Sulfonamide; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG; EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRON; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDES; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037413295     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00263-8     Document Type: Article

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