Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Arcobacter butzleri and Arcobacter cryaerophilus strains isolated from humans and broilers

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Houf, Kurt ^a   Devriese, Luc A ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Vandenberg, Olivier ^b   Butzler, Jean Paul ^b   Van Hoof, Jan ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DILUTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCOBACTER; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644233019     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2004.10.243     Document Type: Article

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