Monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in healthy dogs: First report of canine ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clonal complex 17

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 190-196

  Damborg, Peter ^a   Sørensen, Anne H ^a   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Canine; Enterococci

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 51749103964     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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