Antimicrobial, heavy metal resistance and plasmid profile of coliforms isolated from nosocomial infections in a hospital in Isfahan, Iran

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 432-439

  Karbasizaed, Vajiheh ^a   Badami, Naser ^a   Emtiazi, Giti ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli; Kelebsiella pneumoniae; Nosocomial infection; Plasmid profile

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADMIUM; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEAD; MERCURY; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3042642672     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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