Plasmid-encoded resistance to arsenic compounds in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from a hospital environment in Venezuela

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Pedroza, Raquel ^b   Ramírez, Alvaro ^a   Alonso, Guillermina ^a   Lemoine, Vidal Rodríguez ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b NONE

Author keywords

amikacin; arsenite; incompatibility; plasmids; R factors; Rep probes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0343907325     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(96)00361-5     Document Type: Article

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