Molecular basis of rifampin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2361-2365

  Padayachee, Thanugarani ^a,b   Klugman, Keith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032820718     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2361     Document Type: Article

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