Plasmid-Mediated β-Lactam Resistance of Escherichia Coli Isolated from Travellers' Diarrhoea in the Far East
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 15 (4) , 407-408
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1983.15.issue-4.13
Abstract
The transfer of drug resistance and β-lactamase activity of 28 E. coli from travellers' diarrhoea were examined. Plasmid-mediated β-lactam resistance was found in 18 and at least 3 different types of β-lactamases were demonstrated.Keywords
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