Antimicrobial and heavy metal resistance in commensal enterococci isolated from pigs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 276-282

  Mazaheri Nezhad Fard, Ramin ^a   Heuzenroeder, Michael W ^b   Barton, Mary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; E. casseliflavus; E. faecalis; E. faecium; E. gallinarum; E. hirae durans

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVILAMYCIN; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; COPPER; GENTAMICIN; HEAVY METAL; NARASIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIAMULIN; TYLOSIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN; ZINC;

AAC6 APH2 GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ERMB GENE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; ISAA GENE; ISAB GENE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TCRB GENE; TETK GENE; TETL GENE; TETM GENE; TETS GENE; VANC1 GENE; VANC2 GENE; VATE GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 79951576842     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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