Emerging resistance to aminoglycosides in lactic acid bacteria of food origin—an impending menace

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1137-1151

  Jaimee, G ^a   Halami, P M ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Antibiotic resistance; Food chain; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHAINS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENE THERAPY; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LABORATORIES; LACTIC ACID;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FOOD CHAIN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCARBON; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC ACID; PROBIOTICS; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 84955211822     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7184-y     Document Type: Review

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