Presence of erm gene classes in Gram-positive bacteria of animal and human origin in Denmark

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 151-158

  Jensen, Lars Bogø ^a   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^b   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal; erm gene classification; Erythromycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 0032926329     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00539-4     Document Type: Article

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