Diversity of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae circulating in Iceland after the introduction of penicillin-resistant clone Spain6B-2

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 966-975

  Sá Leão, Raquel ^a,b   Vilhelmsson, Sigurdur E ^a,c   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b   Kristinsson, Karl G ^c   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ICELAND; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ICELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036786376     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343769     Document Type: Article

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