Capsular transformation of a multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in vivo

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 707-713

  Nesin, Mirjana ^b   Ramirez, Mario ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031887641     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514242     Document Type: Article

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