Classification and antimicrobial susceptibilities of enterococcus species isolated from apparently healthy food-producing animals in Japan

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-141

  Kojima, A ^a   Morioka, A ^a   Kijima, M ^a   Ishihara, K ^a,b   Asai, T ^a   Fujisawa, T ^c   Tamura, Y ^a,b   Takahashi, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococcus species; Food producing animals

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AVOPARCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FOOD; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 76749158457     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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