Antibiogram of environmental isolates of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus from Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3059-3065

  Stenstrom, Thor A ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^b   Adegoke, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Commensal antibiogram; ESBLs; Opportunistic infection; Tet39; Tetb

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EASTERN CAPE; NKONKOBE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 85011607414     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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