The susceptibility to growth-promoting antibiotics of Enterococcus faecium isolates from pigs and chickens in Europe

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 538-543

  Bywater, Robin ^a   McConville, Malcolm ^b   Phillips, Ian ^a   Shryock, Thomas ^a  

^a Bywater Consultancy ^*  (United States)

^b Inveresk Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Chickens; E. faecium; Growth promoters; Pigs; Resistance; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; MACROLIDE; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TYLOSIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUROPE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWINE;

EID: 24644514830     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki273     Document Type: Article

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