Bacteriophages and diffusion of β-lactamase genes

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1134-1137

  Muniesa, Maite ^a   García, Aurora ^b,c   Miró, Elisenda ^b   Mirelis, Beatriz ^b,c   Prats, Guillem ^b,c,d   Jofre, Juan ^a   Navarro, Ferran ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CEPHAMYCIN; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BETA LACTAMASE GENE; BLA OXA2R GENE; BLA PSE GENE; BLA PSE1 GENE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT; POULTRY; SEWAGE; SWINE;

EID: 2542539918     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.030472     Document Type: Article

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