Ribosomal mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 654-658

  Pihlajamäki, Marja ^a   Kataja, Janne ^a   Seppälä, Helena ^a   Elliot, John ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Huovinen, Pentti ^a   Jalava, Jari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036173313     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.654-658.2002     Document Type: Article

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