Bordetella pertussis isolates with a heterogeneous phenotype for erythromycin resistance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2942-2944

  Wilson, K E ^a   Cassiday, P K ^a   Popovic, T ^a   Sanden, G N ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WHOOPING COUGH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036701905     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2942-2944.2002     Document Type: Article

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