Associations between antimicrobial resistance phenotypes, antimicrobial resistance genes, and virulence genes of fecal escherichia coli isolates from healthy grow-finish pigs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1373-1380

  Rosengren, Leigh B ^a,d   Waldner, Cheryl L ^a   Reid Smith, Richard J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Box 451 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; DATA COLLECTIONS; E. COLI; GENETIC ELEMENTS; POLICY MAKERS; RESISTANCE GENES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GENES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; PIG; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; SWINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 61649096890     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01253-08     Document Type: Article

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