Presence of mefA and mefE genes in Streptococcus agalactiae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 944-946

  Arpin, C ^a   Daube, H ^a   Tessier, F ^a   Quentin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIRITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PRISTINAMYCIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; TELITHROMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032892140     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.4.944     Document Type: Article

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