Pet animals as reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-332

  Guardabassi, Luca ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Lloyd, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Cats; Dogs

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TICARCILLIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 4444381257     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh332     Document Type: Review

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