Macrolide and tetracycline resistance and molecular relationships of clinical strains of Streptococcus agalactiae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1574-1576

  Culebras, Esther ^a   Rodriguez Avial, Iciar ^a   Betriu, Carmen ^a   Redondo, Montserrat ^a   Picazo, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; MEFA GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TETM GENE; TETO GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036237033     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1574-1576.2002     Document Type: Article

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