Mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase gene of trimethoprim-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2406-2413

  Adrian, Peter V ^a,b   Klugman, Keith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030711594     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2406     Document Type: Article

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