Occurrence of enterotoxigenic and nonenterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in calves and evaluation of their antimicrobial susceptibility

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Almeida, Fernanda S ^a   Nakano, Viviane ^a   Avila Campos, Mario J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Calves; Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADMIUM SULFATE; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COPPER SULFATE; IMIPENEM; LEAD CHLORIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METAL ION; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SILVER NITRATE; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CALF (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; METALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 34250674547     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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