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| Year : 1989 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 170-173 |
Transferable Resistance To Disinfectants In Klebsiella Aerogenes : Correlation To Gentamicin Resistance
B Desai, B Mahajan, B. R Panhotra
Correspondence Address:
B Desai
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
Transferable resistance to betadine, chlorhexidine gluconate and cetrimide was observed in K.lebsiella aerogenes strains isolated from hospitalized patients. Resistance to these disinfectants appears to be mediated by a plasmid, like resistance to antibiotics. This resistance could be co-transferred along with resistance to ampicillin but not with gentamicin. Suggestion that resistance to ampicillin and disinfectants in mediated by a conjugative plasmid while resistance to gentamicin is mediated by a non conjugative plasmid.
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