Epidemiological studies of large resistance plasmids in Haemophilus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 599-604

  Leaves, N I ^a   Dimopoulou, I ^b   Hayes, I ^a   Kerridge, S ^a   Falla, T ^a   Secka, O ^c   Adegbola, R A ^c   Slack, M P E ^a   Peto, T E A ^a   Crook, D W M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE;

EID: 17544396460     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.5.599     Document Type: Article

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