Alterations in the DNA topoisomerase IV grlA gene responsible for quinolone resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1157-1163

  Yamagishi, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Kojima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Oyamada, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujimoto, Kouichi ^a   Hattori, Hiroaki ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^b  

^a DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GENE PRODUCT; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029983353     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1157     Document Type: Article

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