Plasmid profile and antibiotic resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from polluted water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-422

  Kessie, G ^a   Ettayebi, M ^b   Haddad, A M ^b   Shibl, A M ^c   Al Shammary, F J ^d   Tawfik, A F ^c   Al Ahdal, M N ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; GENES; IRON COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; CLASS I; DIFFERENT SIZES; PLASMID PROFILE; POLLUTED WATER; RESISTANCE GENES; SOUTHERN BLOT HYBRIDIZATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HYICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031944185     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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