Occurrence and preliminary study of antimicrobial resistance of enterococci isolated from dairy goats in Spain

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-103

  Cortes C ^a   De la Fuente, R ^a   Contreras, A ^b   Sanchez A ^b   Corrales, J C ^b   Ruiz Santa Quiteria, J A ^a   Orden, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Dairy Goats; Enterococci; Spain

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FECES; GOAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; REARING; TANK; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAIRYING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GOATS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33745805889     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.01.033     Document Type: Article

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