Bleomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-75

  Gennimata, Dimitra ^a,b   Davies, Julian ^b,c   Tsiftsoglou, Asterios S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; BACTERIAL DNA; BLEOMYCIN; DRUG BINDING PROTEIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LYSATE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLEOMYCIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0029945614     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/37.1.65     Document Type: Article

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