Detection of a streptomycin/spectinomycin adenylyltransferase gene (aadA) in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-160

  Clark, Nancye C ^a,d   Olsvik, Ørjan ^b   Swenson, Jana M ^a   Spiegel, Carol A ^c   Tenover, Fred C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0032932009     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.1.157     Document Type: Article

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