Investigation and control of an outbreak of salmonellosis caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium in a population of hospitalized horses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Ward, Michael P ^a,c   Brady, Timea H ^a   Couëtil, Laurent L ^a   Liljebjelke, Karen ^b   Maurer, John J ^b   Ching, Ching Wu ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Equine; Outbreak; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EQUIDAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 18044398012     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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