Genotypic and phenotypic trends in antibiotic resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from humans and farm animals in South Korea

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-204

  Unno, Tatsuya ^a   Han, Dukki ^a   Jang, Jeonghwan ^a   Widmer, Kenneth ^b   Ko, Gwangpyo ^c   Sadowsky, Michael J ^d   Hor Gil, Hur ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental Science and Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; South Korea; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH KOREA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80052436916     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME10194     Document Type: Article

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