Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli strains isolated from food, animals and humans in Germany

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Meyer, E ^a   Lunke, C ^a   Kist, M ^a   Schwab, F ^b   Frank, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; GENE ISOLATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 43049160718     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7113-9     Document Type: Article

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