Carriage by the housefly (Musca domestica) of multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans, in hospital and other urban environments in Misurata, Libya

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 795-802

  Rahuma, N ^a   Ghenghesh, K S ^b   Ben Aissa, R ^c   Elamaari, A ^d  

^a Misurata University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALORIDINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL; HOUSE FLY; KLEBSIELLA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIBYA; URBAN HEALTH;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUSCA DOMESTICA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 28144441861     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X65134     Document Type: Article

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