Microbial flora isolated from an urban population of non-biting vector, Musca domestica and their susceptibility to antibiotics

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Rajendhran, J ^a   Selvaraj Pandian, R ^a  

^a THE AMERICAN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Housefly; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HOUSE FLY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFLORA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; URBAN AREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0347031561     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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