Can susceptibility to an antimicrobial be restored by halting its use? The case of streptomycin versus Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-251

  Chiew, Yoke Fong ^a,b   Yeo, Siew Fah ^a   Hall, Lucinda M C ^a   Livermore, David M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CROSS RESISTANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENTAMICINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0031894219     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/41.2.247     Document Type: Article

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