Analysis of plasmid and chromosomal DNA of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi from Asia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1449-1452

  Mirza, S ^a,b   Kariuki, S ^a,c   Mamun, K Z ^a,d   Beeching, N J ^e   Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 0034005354     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1449-1452.2000     Document Type: Article

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