Evidence of increased spread and establishment of plasmid RP4 in the intestine under sub-inhibitory tetracycline concentrations

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-223

  Licht, Tine Rask ^a,b   Struve, Carsten ^a   Christensen, Bjarke Bak ^b,c   Poulsen, Rikke Lykke ^a   Molin, Søren ^c   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Inst of Food Safety and Toxicology   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Escherichia coli; Growth inhibition; Intestine; Plasmid; Resistance; RP4

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037447819     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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