Genetic characterization of antibiotic resistance in enteropathogenic escherichia coli carrying extended-spectrum β-lactamases recovered from diarrhoeic rabbits

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-170

  Poeta, P ^a,b   Radhouani, H ^a,b   Goncalves A ^a,b   Figueiredo, N ^a,b   Carvalho, C ^a,b   Rodrigues, J ^a,b   Igrejas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; ESBL containing EPEC strains; Genetic characterization; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABBIT; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; TREND STUDY; ZOONOSIS;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77950646443     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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