Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 13 SUPPL. A, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Silva, Jesus ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0029829785     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(96)80095-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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