Prevalence of a carbapenem-resistance gene (KPC), vancomycin-resistance genes (van A/B) and a methicillin-resistance gene (mecA) in hospital and municipal sewage in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia

Prevalence of a carbapenem-resistance gene (KPC), vancomycin-resistance genes (van A/B) and a methicillin-resistance gene (mecA) in hospital and municipal sewage in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia

Abstract Objective According to the World Health Organization, the increasing antibiotic resistance of pathogens is one of the most important threats to human health. Prevalence of a carbapenem-resistance gene (KPC), vancomycin-resistance genes (van A/B) and a methicillin-resistance gene (mecA) in h...

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Main Authors: Vinod Kumar Basode, Ahmed Abdulhaq, Mohammed Uthman A. Alamoudi, Hassan Mohammad Tohari, Waleed Ali Quhal, Aymen Mohammed Madkhali, Yahya Hasan Hobani, Almonther Abdullah Hershan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Vancomycin-resistance genes
Carbapenem-resistance gene
Methicillin resistance gene
Sewage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3167-2

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