The study of cross-resistance between silver and antibiotics in isolated bacterial strains from a burns unit

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3164-3172

  Hosseini, Farzaneh ^a   Mirzaii, Mona ^a   Salehi, Mitra ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross resistance; Sil genes; Silver

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 81555206782     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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