Multidrug resistance gene cfr in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from chickens, ducks, and pigs in China

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-87

  Wang, Yang ^a   He, Tao ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Zhao, Qin ^a   Shen, Zhangqi ^c   Wu, Congming ^a   Shen, Jianzhong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial consumption; Cfr; Food animal; Multidrug resistance; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CFR GENE; CHICKEN; CHINA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DUCK; GENE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHICKENS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DUCKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR TYPING; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWINE;

EID: 84875364369     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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