Molecular epidemiologic features of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis isolated from horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1734-1737

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Spier, Sharon J ^a   Mihalyi, Judy ^a   Drazenovich, Niki ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTIZOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11144324234     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1734     Document Type: Article

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