Subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Muenchen by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, plasmid profiling and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Malaysian Journal of Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Lin, Thong Kwai ^a   Seng, Lai Kin ^a   Puthucheary, S D ^b   Tee, Koh Yin ^c   Ahmad, Norazah ^c   Yassin, Rohani M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiograms; PFGE; Plasmid profiling; Salmonella Muenchen

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149117470     PISSN: 13943065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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