Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from poultry: A review of current problems, illustrated with some laboratory findings

Avian Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-208

  Olsen, Rikke H ^a   Bisgaard, Magne ^a   Löhren, Ulrich ^b   Robineau, Brice ^b   Christensen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS;

BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84902846584     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2014.907866     Document Type: Review

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