Under the microscope: Arcobacter

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-14

  Snelling, W J ^a   Matsuda, M ^b   Moore, J E ^c   Dooley, J S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal health; Arcobacter; Bacteraemia; Campylobacter; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIMICROBIAL STUDY; ARCOBACTER; BACTEREMIA; CAMPYLOBACTERS; HEALTH CONCERNS; HEALTH SIGNIFICANCES; HUMAN PATHOGENS;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARDS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY;

POULTRY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCOBACTER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOST; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR HOST; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; ARCOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 33645215246     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01841.x     Document Type: Review

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