Antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus strains isolated from poultry faeces

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Tejedor Junco, M T ^a   Afonso Rodriguez O ^b   Martin Barrasa J L ^a   Gonzalez Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococcus; Glycopeptides; Poultry

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POULTRY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 6444238894     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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