Frequency of antimicrobial resistance and plasmid profiles of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from milk.
| dc.contributor.author | Mathenge, J. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ombui, J. N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kimotho, A. M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Macharia, J. K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nduhiu, G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-09T11:58:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-09T11:58:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Plasmid profile analysis and susceptibility to eight commonly used antimicrobial agents was done on sixty Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) strains isolated from milk. About seventy two percent (71.7%) of the isolates contained plasmids. The number of plasmids per isolate ranged between 1 and 5, while plasmid sizes ranged between 60 and 0.1 megadaltons (Mda). All isolates were resistant to ampicillin with a relatively high rate of resistance to cotrimoxazole and sulphamethoxazole. The isolates showed a low frequency of resistance to the other antimicrobial agents, with all of them being susceptible to streptomycin. Approximately ninety one (90.7%) percent of the isolates showed multiple resistance. There was no apparent relationship between carriage of plasmids and drug resistance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1996 Jun;73(6):380-4. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0012-835X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9483 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kenya Medical Association | en_US |
| dc.title | Frequency of antimicrobial resistance and plasmid profiles of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from milk. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |