Occurrence of resistance to antibiotics, metals, and plasmids in clinical strains of Staphylococcus spp.

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-136

  Ugur, Aysel ^a   Ceylan, Özgür ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Heavy metal resistance; Plasmids; Staphylococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; DNA; HEAVY METAL; LEAD ACETATE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POTASSIUM CHROMATE; SILVER NITRATE; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC SULFATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LENTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0037361052     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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