Enterococci and antibiotic resistance

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-323

  Lukášová, Jindra ^a   Sustackova A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animals; Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococcus sp.; Food chain; Human; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; CEFAPIRIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NEOMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIRLIMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0041765041     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200372020315     Document Type: Article

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