Molecular mechanisms of clarithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium avium: Observation of multiple 23S rDNA mutations in a clonal population

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 354-360

  Meier, Albrecht ^b   Heifets, Leonid ^b   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a   Zhang, Yansheng ^b   Brown, Barbara A ^b   Sander, Peter ^b   Böttger, Erik C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 23S;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

EID: 0030003258     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.354     Document Type: Article

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