Antimicrobial susceptibilty of potentially pathogenic halophilic Vibrio species isolated from seafoods in Lagos, Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3788-3791

  Adeyemi, Adeleye ^a   Enyinnia, Vivian ^a   Nwanze, Rita ^a   Smith, Stella ^b   Omonigbehin, Emmanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Lagos; Vibrio species

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SEA FOOD; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 57349165771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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