Detection of erythromycin-resistant determinants by PCR

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2562-2566

  Sutcliffe, Joyce ^a   Grebe, Thorsten ^a   Tait Kamradt, Amelia ^a   Wondrack, Lillian ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029981121     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2562     Document Type: Article

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