Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria of oral and upper respiratory origin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-267

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a Schools of Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; Oral; Respiratory; lactam

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MERCURY; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILVER; STREPTOGRAMIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CROSS RESISTANCE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOUTH; MOUTH FLORA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0031900817     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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