Erythromycin resistance genes in group a streptococci in Finland

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-52

  Kataja, Janne ^a,c   Huovinen, Pentti ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^a,b   Seppälä, Helena ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; STREPTOGRAMIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FINLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032959170     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.1.48     Document Type: Article

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