Comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of antimicrobial-resistance Escherichia coli and enterococci isolates from the feces of livestock and livestock farmers in Japan

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Katsunuma, Yu ^a   Hanazumi, Michihito ^a   Fujisaki, Hirokazu ^a   Minato, Hajime ^a   Kataoka, Yasushi ^b   Sawada, Takushi ^b   Hashimoto, Yasushi ^a   Yonemochi, Chisato ^a  

^a Scientific Feeds Research Center   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis pattern

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; COLISTIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFAQUINOXALINE; TYLOSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; JAPAN; POULTRY; SWINE;

EID: 41649101684     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.39     Document Type: Article

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