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Multiple Drug Resistance- A Fast-Growing Threat

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  • Eremwanarue Aibuedefe Osagie
  • Shittu Hakeem Olalekan

    (Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Benin, Nigeria)

  • Eremwanarue Aibuedefe Osagie

    (Lahor Research Laboratories and Diagnostics Centre, Nigeria)

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The spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria is a growing problem and a public health issue. Over the years ...

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  • Eremwanarue Aibuedefe Osagie & Shittu Hakeem Olalekan & Eremwanarue Aibuedefe Osagie, 2019. "Multiple Drug Resistance- A Fast-Growing Threat," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 21(2), pages 15715-15726, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:21:y:2019:i:2:p:15715-15726
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.21.003572
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    Keywords

    Biomedical Sciences; Biomedical Research; Technical Research; Antibiotics; Multiple Drug Resistant Bacteria; Mobile Genetic Element; Integrons Plasmid;
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