Trends in antibiotic sensitivity pattern and molecular detection of tet(O)-mediated tetracycline resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from human and poultry sources

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-84

  Mazi, Waleed ^a,b   Senok, Abiola ^c   Al Mahmeed, Ali ^a   Arzese, Alessandra ^d   Bindayna, Khalid ^a   Botta, Giuseppe ^a,d  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Medical School   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BAHRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BAHRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 40349106195     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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