Transfer of erythromycin resistance from poultry to human clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1832-1838

  Khan, Saeed A ^a   Nawaz, Mohamed S ^a   Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CALCIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MAGNESIUM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIRD DISEASE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034060259     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1832-1838.2000     Document Type: Article

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