Emergence of a pneumococcal clone with cephalosporin resistance and penicillin susceptibility

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2648-2650

  Smith, A M ^a   Botha, R F ^a   Koornhof, H J ^a   Klugman, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034862974     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.9.2648-2650.2001     Document Type: Article

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