Ants as carriers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals;Formigas como agentes carreadores de bactérias resistentes em hospitais

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 999-1006

  Moreira, Denise D O ^a   de Morais, Verônica ^a   Vieira da Motta, Olney ^a   Campos Farinha, Ana E de C ^b   Tonhasca Jr , Athayde ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Control; Nosocomial infection; Urban ant

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; FORMICIDAE; GEMELLA; KLEBSIELLA; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; SOLENOPSIS SAEVISSIMA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAPINOMA MELANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 34548735306     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000600017     Document Type: Article

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