Macrolide-resistance genes in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-132

  Cascone, Carmela ^a   Santagati, Maria ^a   Noviello, Silvana ^b   Iannelli, Francesco ^c   Esposito, Silvano ^b   Pozzi, Gianni ^c   Stefani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERMTR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEFA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE O 2' )METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE-O-2'-)METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TONSILLITIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROLIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035988091     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662902760190671     Document Type: Article

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