High-level aminoglycoside resistance in the beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus isolate BM2721

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3008-3010

  Galimand, Marc ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^b   Gerbaud, Guy ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre Pharmaceutique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032762388     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.3008     Document Type: Article

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