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. 1969 May 17;2(5654):405–407. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5654.405

Transferable Drug Resistance in Enterobacteria Isolated from Urban Infants

E C Moorhouse
PMCID: PMC1983349  PMID: 4889237

Abstract

Antibiotic-resistant enterobacteria, the vast majority of which carried transmissible R factors, were isolated from 81 out of a total of 100 healthy infants. There was surprisingly little correlation between previous antibacterial therapy and the resistant enterobacterial flora.

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