Plasmid-encoded fosfomycin resistance in bacteria isolated from the urinary tract in a multicentre survey

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Arca, Pilar ^a   Reguera, Gemma ^a   Hardisson, Carols ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030854329     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.3.393     Document Type: Article

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