Transduction of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomomas aeruginosa: Relationship between lytic and transducing activity of phage isolate AP-423

Acta Virologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 395-398

  Blahova J ^a   Kralikova K ^a   Krcmery Sr V ^a   Jezek P ^b  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Municipal Hospital   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Transduction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; TICARCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; LYSOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0343067061     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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