First isolation and identification of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica from cultured tiger frog, Rana tigerina rugulosa

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Xie, Zhen Yu ^a   Zhou, Yong Can ^a   Wang, Shi Feng ^a   Mei, Bing ^a   Xu, Xian Dong ^a   Wen, Wan Yao ^a   Feng, Yong Qin ^a  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cataract disease; Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Pathogenicity; Rana tigerina rugulosa

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATARACT; CHINA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANA TIGERINA RUGULOSA; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATARACT; CHINA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RANIDAE; TORTICOLLIS; VIRULENCE;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; HOPLOBATRACHUS TIGERINUS;

EID: 67349102778     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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