Association of amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 3 with β-lactam resistance in β-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1693-1699

  Ubukata, Kimiko ^a,b   Shibasaki, Yumi ^a   Yamamoto, Kentarou ^a   Chiba, Naoko ^a   Hasegawa, Keiko ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^a   Sunakawa, Keisuke ^c   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^c   Konno, Masatoshi ^d  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEROTYPING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034997881     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.6.1693-1699.2001     Document Type: Article

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