Ciprofloxacin resistance and its molecular mechanism in Campylobacter spp. isolated in Kuwait

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 266-270

  Albert, M John ^a   Neil, Lalitha ^a   Pazhoor, Aleyamma A ^b   Haridas, Shilpa ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a   Khan, Islam ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; KUWAIT; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 26444530114     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.266     Document Type: Article

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