Prevalence of antibiotic resistant Enterococcus spp in waste waters in the north of Chile;Prevalencia de Enterococos resistentes a antibióticos en aguas servidas en el norte de Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1201-1210

  Silva A, Juan ^a   Loyola S, Patricio ^a   Galleguillos O, Juan ^a   Rodríguez G, Yara ^a   Colque Navarro, Patricia ^b   Möllby, Roland ^b   Kühn, Inger ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Sewage; Waste products

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENTAMICINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEWAGE; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 30944441871     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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