Widespread plasmid resistance genes among Proteus species in diabetic wounds of patients in the Ahmadu Bello university teaching hospital (ABUTH) Zaria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1757-1762

  Yah, S C ^a   Eghafona, N O ^a   Oranusi, S ^b   Abouo, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetic; Plasmids; Proteus; Resistant; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEUS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34548071108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2258     Document Type: Article

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