Multiplicity of the genes and plasmids conferring resistance to pristinamycin in staphylococci selected in an algerian hospital

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 389-399

  Liassine, Nadia ^a,c   Allignet, Jeanine ^b   Morvan, Anne ^b   Aubert, Sylvie ^b   El Solh, Névine ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031260522     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80097-7     Document Type: Article

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