Suspected nosocomial infections with multi-drug resistant E. coli, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)- producing strains, in an equine clinic;Fallbericht über vermutlich nosokomiale Infektionen durch multiresistente E. coli in einer pferdeklinik einschließlich extended- spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-produzierender Isolate

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 421-427

  Walther, Birgit ^a   Lübke Becker, Antina ^a   Stamm, Ivonne ^b   Gehlen, Heidrun ^a   Barton, Ann Kristin ^a   Janßen, Traute ^a   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Guenther, Sebastian ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli; Equine infection; ESBL; Horse clinic; Hygiene; Infection control; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84926282672     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-127-421     Document Type: Article

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