Survey of antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the southeastern USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-102

  Stewart, Jill R ^a   Townsend, Forrest I ^b   Lane, Suzanne M ^c   Dyar, Elizabeth ^d   Hohn, Aleta A ^e   Rowles, Teri K ^f   Staggs, Lydia A ^b   Wells, Randall S ^g   Balmer, Brian C ^g,h   Schwacke, Lori H ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Bayside Hospital for Animals   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Fort Walton Beach Medical Center   (United States)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^g MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Coastal waters; Marine mammals; Microbiology; MRSA; Screening; Vibrios; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894550868     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02705     Document Type: Article

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