Role of penicillin-binding proteins in resistance of Bacteroides fragilis group species to β-lactam drugs

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Hedberg, Maria ^b   Nagy, Elisabeth ^b   Nord, C E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALORIDINE; CEFOXITIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PIPERACILLIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUNGARY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BETA-LACTAMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0030769206     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516191     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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