Nontherapeutic use of antimicrobial agents in animal agriculture: Implications for pediatrics

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 862-868

  Shea, Katherine M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Child; Epidemiology; Foodborne; Infant; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BAMBERMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBADOX; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IONOPHORE; KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; INFANT; SALMONELLA;

EID: 16544374290     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1233     Document Type: Article

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