Contribution of mutations in gyrA and parC genes to fluoroquinolone resistance of mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained in vivo and in vitro

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2505-2510

  Tankovic, Jacques ^a,b   Perichon, Bruno ^a   Duval, Jean ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 (3 AMINO 1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 CYCLOPROPYL 6 FLUORO 1,4 DIHYDRO 4 OXO 1,8 NAPHTHYRIDINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEMAFLOXACIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029911379     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2505     Document Type: Article

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