Effects of genes encoding resistance to streptogramins A and B on the activity of quinupristin-dalfopristin against Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2720-2725

  Bozdogan, Bülent ^a   Leclercq, Roland ^a,b,c  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALFOPRISTIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MIKAMYCIN B; QUINUPRISTIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032757318     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2720     Document Type: Article

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