Antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes of Escherichia coli isolates from swine in Ontario

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6753-6761

  Boerlin, Patrick ^a,c   Travis, Rebeccah ^a   Gyles, Carlton L ^a   Reid Smith, Richard ^a,b   Janecko, Nicol ^a   Lim, Heather ^a,d   Nicholson, Vivian ^a   McEwen, Scott A ^a   Friendship, Robert ^a   Archambault, Marie ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 32044462712     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6753-6761.2005     Document Type: Article

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