Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli from livestock and companion animals, and their putative impact on public health: A global perspective

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 646-655

  Ewers, C ^a,b   Bethe, A ^a   Semmler, T ^a   Guenther, S ^a   Wieler, L H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AmpC; Companion animals; Escherichia coli; Extended spectrum lactamase; Livestock; Multilocus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ASIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862622096     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03850.x     Document Type: Review

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