Multidrug resistant commensal Escherichia coli in animals and its impact for public health

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Szmolka, Ama ^a   Nagy, Béla ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Commensal; E. coli; Resistance genes; Resistance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR FIELD ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84885417137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00258     Document Type: Review

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