Frequency of antimicrobial resistance markers among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli isolates from municipal sewage effuent water and patients in Jordan

International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Shehabi, Asem A ^a   Haider, Ahmed A ^a   Fayyad, Manar K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; E.coli; Efuent water; Jordan; P. aeruginosa; Patients

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84875245950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21749094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3823/700     Document Type: Article

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