Evaluation of MexB and MexY Genes Expression in Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Educational Hospitals of Qazvin and Tehran, Iran

Taghi Naserpour Farivar1,Amir Peymani1, *,Shahin Bolori1and Hadi Rahimi1


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1 Medical Microbiology Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran

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Biotechnology and Health Sciences: August 2017, 4(2); e12922.Published Online: July 13, 2017
Article Type: Research Article; Received: March 8, 2017; Revised: May 9, 2017; Accepted: May 13, 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/bhs.12922
To Cite : Naserpour Farivar T, Peymani A, Bolori S, Rahimi H. Evaluation of MexB and MexY Genes Expression in Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Educational Hospitals of Qazvin and Tehran, Iran, Biotech Health Sci. 2017 ;4(2):e12922. doi: 10.5812/bhs.12922.
Abstract
1. Background
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Acknowledgements
Footnotes
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