Genetic diversity of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus and doxycycline resistance in kennelled dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2134-2136

  Chalker, Victoria J ^a,c   Waller, Andrew ^b   Webb, Katy ^b   Spearing, Emma ^a   Crosse, Patricia ^a   Brownlie, Joe ^a   Erles, Kerstin ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMORRHAGIC PNEUMONIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; SZP GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 84862095120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00719-12     Document Type: Article

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