Evaluation of PCR primers to screen for Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates and β-lactam resistance, and to detect common macrolide resistance determinants

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 915-918

  Nagai, Kensuke ^a   Shibasaki, Yumi ^b   Hasegawa, Keiko ^b   Davies, Todd A ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^c   Ubukata, Kimiko ^d   Appelbaum, Peter C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035651144     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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