In vitro selection of one-step mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to different oral β-lactam antibiotics is associated with alterations of PBP2x

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 152-156

  Sifaoui, Farid ^a,b   Kitzis, Marie Dominique ^a   Gutmann, Laurent ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LORACARBEF; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030060360     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.1.152     Document Type: Article

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