Tetracycline resistance in Prevotella isolates from periodontally diseased patients is due to the tet(Q) gene

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 304-308

  Olsvik, B ^a,b,d   Flynn, M J ^c   Tenover, F C ^b   Slots, J ^c   Olsen, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Nordøya Dental Clinic   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA probe; Periodental disease; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevotella intermedia; Prevotella nigrescens; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030264534     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00186.x     Document Type: Article

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