Recognition of a Nocardia transvalensis complex by resistance to aminoglycosides, including amikacin, and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2235-2242

  Wilson, Rebecca W ^a   Steingrube, Vincent A ^a   Brown, Barbara A ^a   Blacklock, Zeta ^b   Jost Jr , Kenneth C ^c   McNabb, Alan ^d   Colby, W David ^d   Biehle, Jon R ^e   Gibson, Jeremy L ^a   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Queensland Health Clinical and Statewide Services   (Australia)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

FUNGI; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS;

EID: 0030749771     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2235-2242.1997     Document Type: Article

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