Voluntary ban on cephalosporin use in Danish pig production has effectively reduced extended-spectrum cephalosporinase-producing Escherichia coli in slaughter pigs

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 569-572

  AgersoØ, Yvonne ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Consumption; CTX M; ESBL; ESC; Swine

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORINASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE DATABASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STEADY STATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; CECUM; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DENMARK; DIET; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

EID: 84873595992     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks427     Document Type: Article

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