Efflux-mediated aminoglycoside and macrolide resistance in Burkholderia pseudomallei

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 465-470

  Moore, Richard A ^a   Deshazer, David ^a   Reckseidler, Shauna ^a   Weissman, Ania ^a   Woods, Donald E ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DRUG TRANSPORT; HAMSTER; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0033017811     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.3.465     Document Type: Article

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