The presence of the tetO gene in a variety of tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes from Washington State

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 613-619

  Luna, Vicki A ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031771191     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/42.5.613     Document Type: Article

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