Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium associated with pet rodents

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Swanson, Stephen J ^a,g   Snider, Cynthia ^b   Braden, Christopher R ^b   Boxrud, David ^c   Wünschmann, Arno ^e   Rudroff, Jo Ann ^f   Lockett, Jana ^b   Smith, Kirk E ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Minnesota State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^g HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; SUPERINFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33845984602     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa060465     Document Type: Article

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