Intestinal Infections

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Linton, A.H. , Handley, B. , Osborne , A.D. , Shaw, B.G. , Roberts, T.A. and Hudson, W.R. (1977) Contamination of pig carcasses at two abattoirs by Escherichia coli with special reference to O-serotypes and antibiotic resistance. J. appl. Bact., 42 89.

Linton, K.B. , Lee, P.A. , Richmond, M.H. , Gillespie , W.A. , Rowland, A.J. and Baker, V.N. (1972) Antibiotic resistance and transmissible R-factors in the intestinal coliform flora of healthy adults and children in an urban and a rural community. J. Hyg. Camb. , 70, 99.

Wells, D.M. and James, O.B. (1973) Transmission of infectious drug resistance from animals to man. J. Hyg. Camb., 71, 209.

Levy, S.B. , Fitzgerald, G.B. and Macone, A.B. (1976) Spread of antibiotic-resistant plasmids from chicken to chicken and from chicken to man. Nature, 260, 40.

Babcock, G.F. , Berryhill, D.L. and Marsh, D.H. (1973) R-factors of Escherichia coli from Dressed Beef and Humans. Appl. Microbiol., 25, 21.

Hankin, L. , Anagnostakis, S.L. and Redys, J.J. (1976) Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Raw Meat from Retail Markets. J. Milk Food Technol., 39, 474.

Kim, T.K. and Stephens, J.F. (1972) Drug resistance and transferable drug resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from "Ready-to-Cook" broilers. Poultry Science, 51, 1165.

Polakova, O. , Janouskova, J. , Hustavova , H. , Stankovsky, L. and Krčmery , V. (1972 ) Occurrence of Escherichia coli strains with multiresistance and transferable resistance to Antibiotics in Foodstuffs. J. Hyg., Epid., Microbiol. & Immunol., 16, 467.

Shooter, R.A. , Cooke, E.M. , O'Farrell , S. , Bfttelheim, K.A. , Chandler, M.E. and Bushrod, F.M. (1974) The isolation of Escherichia coli from a poultry packing station and abattoir . J. Hyg. Camb., 73, 245.

Walton, J.R. (1970) Contamination of meat carcasses by antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria. Lancet ii, 561.

Walton, J.R. and Lewis, L.E. (1971) Contamination of fresh and cooked meats by antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria. Lancet ii, 255.

Howe, K. , Linton, A.H. and Osborne, A.D. (1976) An investigation of calf carcass contamination by Escherichia coli from the gut contents at slaughter. J. appl. Bact., 41, 37.

Hartley, C.L. , Howe, K. , Linton , A.H. , Linton, K.B. and Richmond, M.H. (1975) Distribution of R plasmids among O-antigen types of Escherichia coli isolated from human and animal sources . Antimicrob. Ag. Chemother. , 8, 122.

Anderson, E.S. (1968) The ecology of transferable drug resistance in the enterobacteria. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. , 22, 131.

Cooke, E.M. , Shooter, R.A. , Kumar , P.T. , Rousseau, S.A. and Foulkes, A.L. (1970) Hospital food as a possible source of Escherichia coli in patients. Lancet i, 436.

Falkow, S. (1975) The transmission of R-factors in vivo and the public health implications of R-factors for man and his domestic animals. In Infectious Multiple Drug-Resistance. Pion Ltd. , London, p. 230.

Gardner, P. and Smith, D.H. (1969) Studies on the epidemiology of resistance (R) factors. Ann. Int. Med. , 71, 1.

Lebek, G. (1972) Epidemiological investigations of R-factors in man and animals in Switzerland. In Bacterial plasmids and antibiotic resistance, Czechoslovakia. Ed. Krčméry, V. , Rosival, V. and Watanabe, T. Springer, Berlin, p. 47.

Richmond, M.H. (1972) Someenvironmental consequences of the use of antibiotics. J. appl. Bact., 35, 155.

REPORT (1969) SWANN COMMITTEE Report of Joint Committee on the use of Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine. HMSO, London.

Shooter, R.A. , Cooke, E.M. , Rousseau , S.A. and Breadon, A.L. (1970) Animal sources of common serotypes of Escherichia coli in the food of hospital patients. Lancet ii, 226.

Brumfitt, W. , Faiers, M.C. , Reeves , O.S. and Datta, N. (1971) Antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in general practice: relation to faecal flora. Lancet i, 315.

Gruneberg, R.N. , Leich, O.A. and Brumfitt, W. (1968) Escherichia coli serotypes in urinary tract infections: Studies in domiciliary, antenatal and hospital practice. In Urinary Tract Infection . Ed. O'Grady, F. and Brumfitt, W. Oxford Univ. Press., p. 68.

Smith, D.H. and Armour, S.E. (1966) Transferable R-factors in enteric bacteria causing infection of the genito-urinary tract . Lancet ii, 15.