Increased antibiotic resistance of E. coli exposed to static magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-137

  Stansell, Marion J ^a,c   Winters, Wendell D ^b   Robert H, Doe ^a   Dart, Brian K ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c 1255 Wilford Hall Loop   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity; Bacterial resistance; Dc fields; Permanent magnet; Piperacillin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CULTURES; BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; DC FIELD; E. COLI; EXPOSED TO; MEDIUM STRENGTHS; PIPERACILLIN; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAGNETISM;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETICS; PENICILLINS; PIPERACILLIN;

EID: 0035256459     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200102)22:2<129::AID-BEM1016>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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