Antimicrobial susceptibilities and β-lactamase production of Hong Kong isolates of gastroenteric salmonellae and salmonella typhi

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 877-885

  Ling, J M ^a   Zhou, G M ^a   Woo, T H S ^a   French, G L ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HONG KONG; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HONG KONG; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI C; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026341161     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/28.6.877     Document Type: Article

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