Nomenclature of major antimicrobial-resistant clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae defined by the pneumococcal molecular epidemiology network

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2565-2571

  McGee, L ^a   McDougal, L ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Spratt, B G ^a   Tenover, F C ^a   George, R ^a   Hakenbeck, R ^a   Hryniewicz, W ^a   Lefevre J C ^a   Tomasz, A ^a   Klugman, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034963344     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2565-2571.2001     Document Type: Article

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