Novel mechanism of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Shortridge, Virginia D ^a,b   Flamm, Robert K ^a   Ramer, Nancy ^a   Beyer, Jill ^a   Tanaka, S Ken ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Dept 47T ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0030267475     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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