Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella serovars in organic chickens from Maryland retail stores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4108-4111

  Cui, Shenghui ^a   Ge, Beilei ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a   Meng, Jianghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP.; CHICKENS; SALMONELLA SEROVAR;

BACTERIA;

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARYLAND; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 22144478317     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.4108-4111.2005     Document Type: Article

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