Characterization of the Tn916-like transposon Tn3872 in a strain of Abiotrophia defectiva (Streptococcus defectivus) causing sequential episodes of endocarditis in a child

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 790-793

  Poyart, Claire ^a,b   Quesne, Gilles ^a,b   Acar, Philippe ^c   Berche, Patrick ^b   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034003481     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.3.790-793.2000     Document Type: Article

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