Detection of multi drug resistant bacteria in major hospitals in Kano, North-West, Nigeria
Two major hospitals in Kano, North West Nigeria have recorded increasing resistance of clinical pathogens to broad spectrum β lactams, mediated by extended spectrum β- lactamase (ESβL) and non ESBLs. A study was therefore undertaken to determine the occurrence and prevalence of plasmid and chromosom...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2014-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000300005&lng=en&tlng=en |