Environmental enterococci: I. Prevalence of virulence, antibiotic resistance and species distribution in poultry and its related environment in Karachi, Pakistan

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 423-432

  Ali, S A ^a   Hasan, K A ^a   Bin Asif, H ^a   Abbasi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Box PCR; Enterococci; Environmental indicator organism; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Multiple virulence determinants; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRAIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BOX-PCR; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; MULTIPLE VIRULENCE DETERMINANT; MULTIPLEX PCR; VIRULENCE POTENTIAL;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECAL COLIFORM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE;

AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTTI; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; IN VITRO STUDY; MANURE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POULTRY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84898857132     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12208     Document Type: Article

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