A novel gentamicin resistance gene in Enterococcus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-514

  Chow, Joseph W ^a,b   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,c   Lerner, Stephen A ^a   Thal, Lee Ann ^c   Donabedian, Susan M ^c   Jaworski, Deborah D ^d   Tsai, Shane ^d   Shaw, Karen J ^e   Clewell, Don B ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; DIBEKACIN; GENTAMICIN; ISEPAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PENTISOMICIN; PLASMID DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031034545     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.3.511     Document Type: Article

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