Nature of streptomycin resistance in enterobacteria from faeces of streptomycin-treated patients in egypt

Chemotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 268-275

  Elkhouly, A E ^a,b   Wiedemann, B ^a,b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical isolates; Enterobacteria Resistance mutants; Resistance plasmids; Streptomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMID;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0018900013     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237916     Document Type: Article

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