Transfer of antibiotic resistance between commensal and pathogenic members of the Enterobacteriaceae under ileal conditions

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 428-436

  Blake, D P ^a,b   Hillman, K ^a   Fenlon, D R ^a   Low, J C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance transfer; Escherichia coli O157; Ileal simulation; In vitro conjugation; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TRANSFER; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; CONDITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ILEAL SIMULATION; IN VITRO CONJUGATION; IN-VITRO; PATHOGENICS; TRANSCONJUGANTS;

SALMONELLA;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; COMMENSAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SIMULATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0042882518     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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