Presence and mechanism of antimicrobial resistance among enterococci from cats and dogs

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-403

  De Leener, Ellen ^a   Decostere, Annemie ^a   De Graef, Evelyn M ^a   Moyaert, Hilde ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; DOG; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERM GENE; GENE; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECTUM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FELIDAE;

EID: 30744445424     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.395     Document Type: Article

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