Associations between the use of antimicrobial agents for growth promotion and the occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli and enterococci in the feces of livestock and livestock farmers in Japan

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 273-279

  Katsunuma, Yu ^a   Hanazumi, Michito ^a   Fujisaki, Hirokazu ^a   Minato, Hajime ^a   Hashimoto, Yasushi ^a   Yonemochi, Chisato ^a  

^a Scientific Feeds Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Growth promoters

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; COLISTIN; DESTOMYCIN A; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFAQUINOXALINE; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; POULTRY FARMING; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; JAPAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38049125768     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.53.273     Document Type: Article

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