Epidemic infection caused by Citrobacter rodentium in a gerbil colony

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 400-403

  De La Puente Redondo, V A ^a   Gutierrez Martin C B ^a   Perez Martinez C C ^a   Garciaa Del Blanco N ^a   Garcia Iglesias M J ^a   Perez Garcia C C ^a   Rodriguez Ferri E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; FOSFOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TIAMULIN; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COLON DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GERBIL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0344993900     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.14.400     Document Type: Article

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