Genetic characterization of trimethoprim resistance in Haemophilus influenzae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2131-2136

  De Groot, Ronald ^a   Sluijter, Marcel ^a   De Bruyn, A D ^a   Campos, José ^b   Goessens, Wil H F ^c   Smith, Arnold L ^d   Hermans, Peter W M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HYBRID GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0029796069     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.9.2131     Document Type: Article

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