Isolation, biochemical and molecular identification, and in-vitro antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from bubaline subclinical mastitis in South India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Preethirani, P L ^a   Isloor, Shrikrishna ^a   Sundareshan, S ^a   Nuthanalakshmi, V ^a   Deepthikiran, K ^a   Sinha, Akhauri Y ^b   Rathnamma, D ^a   Prabhu, K Nithin ^a   Sharada, R ^a   Mukkur, Trilochan K ^c   Hegde, Nagendra R ^b  

^a Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University   (India)

^b Ella Foundation   (India)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE MASTITIS; BUFFALO; CELL COUNT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; MILK; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84956955760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142717     Document Type: Article

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