Antimicrobial resistance markers of class 1 and class 2 integron-bearing Escherichia coli from irrigation water and sediments

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 822-826

  Roe, Matthew T ^a   Vega, Everardo ^a   Pillai, Suresh D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN; WATER;

AADA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTEGRON; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEXICO; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SAT 1 GENE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0037710463     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0907.020529     Document Type: Article

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