Distribution of mef(A) in gram-positive bacteria from healthy Portuguese children

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2513-2517

  Luna, Vicki A ^a   Heiken, Marc ^a   Judge, Kathleen ^a   Ulep, Catherine ^a   Van Kirk, Nicole ^a   Luis, Henrique ^a   Bernardo, Mario ^a   Leitao, Jose ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEFA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA; RNA PRIMERS;

ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTICS, MACROLIDE; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MACROLIDES;

EID: 0035991847     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.8.2513-2517.2002     Document Type: Article

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