Chromosomal gentamicin resistance transposon Tn3706 in Streptococcus agalactiae B128

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1085-1090

  Horaud, Thea ^a   De Céspèdes, Gilda ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEOMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029865858     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1085     Document Type: Article

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