Commensal E. coli as an Important Reservoir of Resistance Encoding Genetic Elements

Background: Diarrheagenic E. coli is the most important cause of diarrhea in children and is a public health concern in developing countries. A major public problem is acquisition and transmission of antimicrobial resistance via mobile genetic elements including plasmids, conjugative transposons, an...

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Main Authors: Azam Mahmoudi-Aznaveh, Bita Bakhshi, Shahin Najar-Peerayeh, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad, Zahra Rafieepour, Mohammad Rahbar, Shahla Abbaspour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alborz University of Medical Sciences 2013-11-01
Series:International Journal of Enteric Pathogens
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Online Access:http://enterpathog.abzums.ac.ir/PDF/ijep-1-13516.pdf