Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and strain type diversity of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from turkeys in eastern North Carolina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 474-482

  Gu, Weimin ^a   Siletzky, Robin M ^a   Wright, Sandra ^a   Islam, Mohammed ^a   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; KANAMYCIN; KANAMYCIN RESISTANTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORTH CAROLINA; PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES; STRAIN TYPES;

ANTIBIOTICS; COLLOIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

SETTLING TANKS;

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMEBIRD; GENOMICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODIVERSITY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; TURKEYS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 58149400441     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02012-08     Document Type: Article

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