Isolation, molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from buffalo in India

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-298

  Mahanti, A ^a   Samanta, I ^a   Bandopaddhay, S ^b   Joardar, S N ^a   Dutta, T K ^c   Batabyal, S ^a   Sar, T K ^a   Isore, D P ^a  

^a WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Buffalo; India; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BUFFALO; E. COLI; FAECAL SAMPLES; INDIA; INTIMIN; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; SEROGROUPS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WEST BENGAL;

GENES;

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INTIMIN; KANAMYCIN; QUINOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TOXIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

BUBALUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84874997948     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12048     Document Type: Article

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