Phenotypic evidence for inducible multiple antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella choleraesuis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-338

  Tibbetts, Robert J ^a   Lin, Tsang Long ^a   Wu, Ching Ching ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

marA; Multiple antimicrobial resistance; Salmonella choleraesuis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXANE; NALIDIXIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037469330     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01179-5     Document Type: Article

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