Detection of the mcr-1 gene in Escherichia coli prevalent in the migratory bird species Larus argentatus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2333-2334

  Ruzauskas, Modestas ^a   Vaskeviciute, Lina ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COLISTIN; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LETTER; MCR-1 GENE; MIGRANT BIRD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS;

EID: 84982234748     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw245     Document Type: Letter

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