Detection of tet(K) and tet(M) in Staphylococcus aureus of Asian countries by the polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1127-1132

  Warsa, Usman Chatib ^a,b   Nonoyama, Masato ^a   Ida, Takashi ^a   Okamoto, Ryoichi ^a   Okubo, Toyoji ^c   Shimauchi, Chieko ^a   Kuga, Akio ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THAILAND;

EID: 0029907697     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.49.1127     Document Type: Article

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