Antibiotic resistance in the environment: A link to the clinic?

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 589-594

  Wright, Gerard D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, MDR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957820588     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.08.005     Document Type: Review

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