Resistance-susceptibility profiles of Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus thermophilus strains to eight antibiotics and proposition of new cut-offs

International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Flórez, Ana Belén ^a   Tosi, Lorenzo ^b   Danielsen, Morten ^c   von Wright, Atte ^d   Bardowski, Jacek ^e   Morelli, Lorenzo ^b   Mayo, Baltasar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c University of Kuopio ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic survey; Antimicrobial resistance; Lactococcus lactis; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Streptococcus thermophilus; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PROTEIN ERM; PROTEIN TET; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 60749123906     PISSN: 15551431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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