Characterization of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi isolated from Pakistan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Shanahan, P M A ^a   Karamat, K A ^b   Thomson, C J ^c   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c Bayer plc UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DNA FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0033981359     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003453     Document Type: Article

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