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IN earlier reports several types of drug (chloramphenicol, Cm; tetracycline, Tc; streptomycin, Sm; sulphanilamide, Da) resistant Escherichia coli and Shigella were described1–3. It was also found that seven types of drug resistance are transmitted by cell-to-cell contact4.
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MITSUHASHI, S., HARADA, K. Transmissible Drug-resistance Factors and Formation of Multiple Resistance. Nature 195, 517–518 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195517a0
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