The transfer of antibiotic resistance by R plasmids in Shigellae
Bremner, D.A.
New Zealand Medical Journal 88(615): 9-10
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 370696 Document Number: 136396
Forty-five strains of Shigella species isolated at Auckland Hospital from 1972--1974 were investigated for antibiotic resistance. Forty-two strains were resistant to one or more antibiotics and 11 strains transferred antibiotic resistance by conjugation to E. coli.
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