Lower prevalence of antibiotic-resistant enterococci on U.S. conventional poultry farms that transitioned to organic practices

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1622-1628

  Sapkota, Amy R ^a   Hulet, R Michael ^b   Zhang, Guangyu ^a   McDermott, Patrick ^c   Kinney, Erinna L ^a   Schwab, Kellogg J ^d   Joseph, Sam W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Antimicrobial growth promoter; Enterococcus; Organic poultry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DECOQUINATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; NICARBAZIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; ROXARSONE; SALINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL PREVALENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; POULTRY FARMING; POULTRY LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 80455162350     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003350     Document Type: Article

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