Multi-drug resistant gram-negative enteric bacteria isolated from flies at Chengdu Airport, China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 988-996

  Liu, Yang ^a,b   Yang, Yu ^b   Zhao, Feng ^b   Fan, Xuejun ^b   Zhong, Wei ^b   Qiao, Dairong ^a   Cao, Yi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

China; Escherichia coli; Flies; Gram negative enteric bacteria; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Multi drug resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIRPORT; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DIPTERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84893618554     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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