Recent trends in antimicrobial susceptibility and the presence of the tetracycline resistance gene in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1261-1264

  Morioka, Ayako ^a   Asai, Tetsuo ^a   Nitta, Hayato ^b   Yamamoto, Kinya ^a   Ogikubo, Yasuaki ^a   Takahashi, Toshio ^a   Suzuki, Shoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b City of Sendai Izumi Ward Office Public Health and Welfare Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Antimicrobial susceptibility; tet gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTION; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 57349145660     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.1261     Document Type: Article

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