Assessment of factors contributing to changes in the incidence of antimicrobial drug resistance in Salmonella enterica serotypes Enteritidis and Typhimurium from humans in England and Wales in 2000, 2002 and 2004

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-395

  Threlfall, E J ^a   Day, M ^a   de Pinna, E ^a   Charlett, A ^a   Goodyear, K L ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Veterinary Medicines Directorate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial usage; Drug resistance; Foreign travel; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG USE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; INCIDENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NALIDIXIC ACID; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPING; TETRACYCLINES; TRAVEL; VETERINARY DRUGS; WALES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33750324304     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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