Pleuromutilins: Use in food-producing animals in the European Union, development of resistance and impact on human and animal health

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2022-2031

  Van Duijkeren, Engeline ^a   Greko, Christina ^b   Pringle, Märit ^b   Baptiste, Keith Edward ^c   Catry, Boudewijn ^d   Jukes, Helen ^e   Moreno, Miguel A ^f   Pomba, M Constança Matias Ferreira ^g   Pyörälä, Satu ^h   Rantala, Merja ^h   Ružauskas, Modestas ⁱ   Sanders, Pascal ^j   Teale, Christopher ^k   Threlfall, E John ^l   Torren Edo, Jordi ^m   Törneke, Karolina ⁿ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Danish Health and Medicines Authority   (Denmark)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e Veterinary Medicines Directorate   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^j Laboratoire de Fougères   (France)

^k VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^l PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^m EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; Review; Tiamulin; Valnemulin

Indexed keywords

PLEUROMUTILIN; RETAPAMULIN; TIAMULIN; VALNEMULIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DITERPENE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ENTEROPATHY; EUROPEAN UNION; HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; POULTRY; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PIG; POULTRY DISEASES; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; DITERPENES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RABBITS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84904546024     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku123     Document Type: Article

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