Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis in housed laying-hen flocks in Europe

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1610-1620

  Van Hoorebeke, S ^a   Van Immerseel, F ^a   Berge, A C ^a   Persoons, D ^a   Schulz, J ^b   Hartung, J ^b   Harisberger, M ^c   Regula, G ^c   Barco, L ^d   Ricci, A ^d   De Vylder, J ^a   Ducatelle, R ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a   Dewulf, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance in agricultural settings; Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; Veterinary epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; HEN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EUROPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 80053053765     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002700     Document Type: Article

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