Macrolide- and rifampin-resistant rhodococcus equi on a horse breeding farm, Kentucky, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-285

  Burton, Alexandra J ^a   Giguère, Steeve ^a   Sturgill, Tracy L ^a   Berghaus, Londa J ^a   Slovis, Nathan M ^b   Whitman, Jeremy L ^c   Levering, Court ^c   Kuskie, Kyle R ^d   Cohen, Noah D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Equine Med Associates   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HORSE; LUNG DISEASE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930479268     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.121210     Document Type: Article

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