Epidemiological aspects of non-human antibiotic usage and resistance: Implications for the control of antibiotic resistance in Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Donkor, Eric S ^a   Newman, Mercy J ^a   Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; Non human antibiotic usage

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GHANA; GOAT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SHEEP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

GHANA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84858996701     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02955.x     Document Type: Article

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