Susceptibility profile of Brazilian Rhodococcus equi isolates to different antimicrobial classes and the presence of vapA gene;Perfil de suscetibilidade antimicrobiana e presença do gene vapa em Rhodococcus equi de origem humana, ambiental e equina1

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 735-740

  Girardini, Lilian Kolling ^a   Gressler, Letícia Trevisan ^b   Costa, Mateus Matiuzzi Da ^c   Botton, Sônia De Avila ^b   Payão Pellegrini, Débora Da Cruz ^a   Vargas, Agueda Castagna De ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amri; Bacterial resistance; Equidae; Rhodococcus equi; Rodococcosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881519645     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2013000600008     Document Type: Article

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