Fresh leafy green vegetables associated with multidrug resistant E.Coli

International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Burjaq, Shereen Z ^a   Shehabi, Asem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; E. coli; Fresh produce; Integron; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886928749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21749094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3823/730     Document Type: Article

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