Correlation between apramycin and gentamicin use in pigs and an increasing reservoir of gentamicin-resistant Escherichia coli

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-107

  Jensen, Vibeke F ^a   Jakobsen, Lotte ^b   Emborg, Hanne Dorthe ^a   Seyfarth, Anne Mette ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Animal reservoirs; E. coli; Resistance epidemiology

Indexed keywords

APRAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS RESISTANCE; DENMARK; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTAMICINS; NEBRAMYCIN; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 33748091696     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl201     Document Type: Article

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