Episome profiles and mobilizable beta-lactamase plasmid in Haemophilus ducreyi

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-84

  Prachayasittikul, Virapong ^a   Lawung, Ratana ^b   Bulow, Leif ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034157052     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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