Abstract
Transferable chloramphenicol resistance has become common in the typhoid bacillus in countries such as Mexico, India, Vietnam and Thailand. Situations such as this, and others analogous to it in many parts of the world, are the result of the long-term indiscriminate use of chloramphenicol and other antibiotics in the affected areas. They can be rectified only by more rational antibiotic usage.
MeSH Terms
Bacteriophage Typing
Chloramphenicol/pharmacology
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA, Bacterial
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Escherichia coli
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Humans
Salmonella Phages
Salmonella typhi/drug effects
Salmonella typhimurium/drug effects
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial
Chloramphenicol
Authors & Affiliations
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Anderson E S
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