Class 1 integrons in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical infections of horses and dogs in the Netherlands

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-386

  Van Duijkeren, Engeline ^a   Box, Adrienne T A ^b   Schellen, Pepijn ^b   Houwers, Dirk J ^a   Fluit, Ad C ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTIOFUR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HORSE; INTEGRON; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENTAMICINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 30744460368     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.383     Document Type: Article

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