High frequency transfer and horizontal spread of apramycin resistance in calf faecal Escherichia coli

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 534-537

  Yates, C M ^a   Pearce, M C ^b   Woolhouse, M E J ^b   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAC(3)IV; Commensals; Conjugation; Food animals; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

APRAMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PLASMID DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEBRAMYCIN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4444330569     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh353     Document Type: Article

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