Escherichia coli of poultry food origin as reservoir of sulphonamide resistance genes and integrons

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-502

  Soufi, Leila ^a,b   Sáenz, Yolanda ^c   Vinué, Laura ^b   Abbassi, Mohamed Salah ^a   Ruiz, Elena ^b   Zarazaga, Myriam ^b   Ben Hassen, Assia ^d   Hammami, Salah ^a,e   Torres, Carmen ^b,c  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH OF LA RIOJA CIBIR   (Spain)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^e National Center for Zoosanitary Vigilance   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Integron; Sulphonamide

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; INTEGRONS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; SULFONAMIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650031706     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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