High-level chloramphenicol resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 868-874

  Galimand, Marc ^a   Gerbaud, Guy ^a   Guibourdenche, Martine ^a   Riou, Jean Yves ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIETNAM;

EID: 0032563977     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809243391302     Document Type: Article

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