Antibiotic resistance and plasmid carriage among Escherichia coli isolates from chicken meat in Malaysia

Escherichia coli isolates from 131 raw chicken meat samples were tested for susceptibility to 12 antibiotics. Plasmids were isolated from many samples and their DNA molecular weight calculated. An 81.7% plasmid occurrence rate was observed among the isolates, ranging from 0 to 8 in number and with s...

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Main Authors: Myaing, Tin Tin, Abdul Aziz, Saleha, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Abdul Rahim, Raha
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Springer 2003
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9370/1/9370.pdf