Transferable resistance to trimethoprim in enteric pathogens isolated in Kuwait

Journal of Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 391-395

  Chugh, T D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KUWAIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0022387508     PISSN: 00221724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022172400062811     Document Type: Article

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