Transduction of antibiotic resistance including imipenem resistance by wild type phages from nosocomial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Acta Virologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Blahova J ^a   Kralikova K ^a   Krcmery Sr V ^a   Mlynarcik D ^b   Trupl, J ^c  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c National Institute of Oncology   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Transduction

Indexed keywords

CARBENICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE TRANSFER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBENICILLIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; THIENAMYCINS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2642686625     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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