Molecular characterization and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium perfringens isolates of different origins from Costa Rica;Caracterización molecular y resistencia antimicrobiana de aislamientos de clostridium perfringens de diferentes orígenes en Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1479-1485

  Gamboa Coronado, Mariá del Mar ^a   Mau Inchaustegui, Silvia ^a   Rodríguez Cavallini, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxin; Toxinotypes

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COSTA RICA; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COSTA RICA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80053271889     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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