Plasmid-borne high-level resistance to gentamicin in Enterococcus hirae, Enterococcus avium, and Enterococcus raffinosus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1263-1265

  Straut, Monica ^a,b   De Cespédès, Gilda ^a   Horaud, Thea ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029966718     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1263     Document Type: Article

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