Antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter in raw retail chickens and imported chicken portions

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1181-1186

  Wilson, I G ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; POULTRY;

EID: 1042269488     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001298     Document Type: Article

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