Macrolide resistance genes in Enterococcus spp.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 967-971

  Portillo, Aránzazu ^a   Ruiz Larrea, Fernanda ^a   Zarazaga, Myriam ^a   Alonso, Ana ^b   Martinez, Jose Luis ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRISTINAMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034060888     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.4.967-971.2000     Document Type: Article

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