High-level aminoglycoside resistant enterococci isolated from swine

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Jackson, C R ^a   Fedorka Cray, P J ^a   Barrett, J B ^a   Ladely, S R ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

EID: 15944396896     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003395     Document Type: Article

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