Plasmid Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Isolated Bacteria From Burned Patients

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beige, Fahimeh ^a   Baseri Salehi, Majid ^a   Bahador, Nima ^a   Mobasherzadeh, Sina ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infection; Patients; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85132275026     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.13567     Document Type: Article

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