Alterations in MurM, a cell wall muropeptide branching enzyme, increase high-level penicillin and cephalosporin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2393-2396

  Smith, A M ^a   Klugman, K P ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MURM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034912376     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.8.2393-2396.2001     Document Type: Article

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