Emerging issues in antimicrobial resistance of bacteria from food-producing animals

Future Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 427-443

  Michael, Geovana Brenner ^a   Freitag, Christin ^a,b   Wendlandt, Sarah ^a   Eidam, Christopher ^a   Feßler, Andrea T ^a   Lopes, Graciela Volz ^c   Kadlec, Kristina ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase producers; ESBL; Horizontal gene transfer; ICE; Methicillin resistance; MRSA; Multidrug resistance; New resistance genes

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING BACTERIUM; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD PRODUCING ANIMAL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIVESTOCK; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; BACTERIUM; BOVINE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LIVESTOCK; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 84926155912     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/FMB.14.93     Document Type: Review

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