The integron prevalence of extended-spectrum betalactamase producing enterobacterial isolates in a Malaysian teaching hospital

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 668-671

  Ibrahim, N ^a   Wajidi, M F ^b   Yusof, M Y ^a   Tay, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 84855393052     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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