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Role of coresistance in the development of resistance to chloramphenicol in Escherichia coli isolated from sick cattle and pigs
1 Feb 2006
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the cause of persistent resistance to chloramphenicol (CP) after the ban on its use in food-producing animals in several countries. SAMPLE POPULATION: 71 CP-resistant and 104 CP-susceptible Escherichia coli strains isolated from sick cattle and pigs in Japan. PROCEDURE: Susceptibility of all bacterial strains to thiamphenicol (TP) and florfenicol (FFC) was tested by use of an agar dilution...
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