Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains harbouring R-plasmids and AmpC β-lactamases isolated from hospitalised burn patients in a tertiary care hospital of North India

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-186

  Shahid, M ^a   Malik, Abida ^a   Sheeba, ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AmpC; India; Multidrug resistance; Plasmid; Plasmid curing; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; R PLASMID;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0345447527     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00756-0     Document Type: Article

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