Sulfonamide resistance in Haemophilus influenzae mediated by acquisition of sul2 or a short insertion in chromosomal folP

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1934-1939

  Enne, Virve I ^a   King, Anna ^a   Livermore, David M ^a   Hall, Lucinda M C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENE INSERTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KENYA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFONAMIDES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036090535     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.6.1934-1939.2002     Document Type: Article

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