Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in enterococci of animal origin

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-130

  Hershberger, Ellie ^a,b   Oprea, Simona F ^a,b   Donabedian, Susan M ^a,b   Perri, Mary ^a,b   Bozigar, Pamela ^a,b   Bartlett, Paul ^c   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial use; Farms; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFAMERAZINE; TILMICOSIN; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CHICKEN; CLONE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLING; SWINE DISEASE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS;

EID: 13244277967     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh508     Document Type: Article

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