Fate of antimicrobial-resistant enterococci and staphylococci and resistance determinants in stored poultry litter

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 682-689

  Graham, Jay P ^a   Evans, Sean L ^a   Price, Lance B ^b   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Food animal production; Manure; Poultry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN ERM A; PROTEIN ERM B; PROTEIN ERM C; PROTEIN MSR A; PROTEIN MSR B; PROTEIN MSR C; PROTEIN VAT E; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIRD; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANURE; MOISTURE; PATHOGEN; PH; POULTRY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DELAWARE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; MANURE; POULTRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 67649414910     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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