Integron-mediated rifampin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 960-962

  Tribuddharat, Chanwit ^a   Fennewald, Michael ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; RIFAMPICIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032925066     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.960     Document Type: Article

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