Increased erythromycin resistance in clinical Campylobacter in Northern Ireland - An update [1]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-396

  Rao, D ^a   Rao, J R ^b   Crothers, E ^a   McMullan, R ^a   McDowell, D ^c   McMahon, A ^c   Rooney, P J ^a   Millar, B C ^a   Moore, J E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Macrolides; Pigs; Poultry; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FECES; HUMANS; POULTRY;

EID: 15844383856     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh552     Document Type: Letter

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