Detection of tetracycline and macrolide resistance determinants in enterococci of animal and environmental origin using multiplex PCR

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-240

  Brtkova A ^a   Revallova M ^a   Bujdáková, Helena ^b  

^a State Veterinary and Food Institute   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, BACTERIAL; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 79960041586     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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