High prevalence of inducible erythromycin resistance among Streptococcus bovis isolates in Taiwan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3362-3365

  Teng, L J ^a   Hsueh, P R ^a   Ho, S W ^a   Luh, K T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035185485     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.12.3362-3365.2001     Document Type: Article

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