Emergence of vancomycin resistance in the Genus streptococcus: Characterization of a vanB transferable determinant in Streptococcus bovis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-29

  Poyart, Claire ^a   Pierre, Catherine ^a   Quesne, Gilles ^a   Pron, Bénédicte ^a   Berche, Patrick ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031038389     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.1.24     Document Type: Article

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