Identification of an erm(A) erythromycin resistance methylase gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Greece

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 342-344

  Syrogiannopoulos, G A ^a   Grivea, I N ^a   Tait Kamradt, A ^a   Katopodis, G D ^a   Beratis, N G ^a   Sutcliffe, J ^a   Appelbaum, P C ^a   Davies, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; JOSAMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MIKAMYCIN B;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GREECE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035162938     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.1.342-344.2001     Document Type: Article

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