R-factor in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi: Transfer to and acquisition from Escherichia coli

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-67

  Mandal, Shyamapada ^a   Mandal, Manisha Deb ^a   Pal, Nishith Kumar ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; R FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0042672909     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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