Serotype 19F multiresistant pneumococcal clone harboring two erythromycin resistance determinants [erm(B) and mef(A)] in South Africa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1595-1598

  McGee, L ^a   Klugman, K P ^a   Wasas, A ^a   Capper, T ^a   Brink, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; MACROLIDE; PROTEIN ERM(B); PROTEIN MEF(A); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; R FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035037213     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.5.1595-1598.2001     Document Type: Article

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