Resistance to macrolides in Group A streptococci from the European section of Turkey: Genetic and phenotypic characterization

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 461-463

  Akata, Filiz ^a   Öztürk, Devrim ^a   Tansel, Özlem ^a   Tatman Otkun, Müserref ^a   Otkun, Metin ^a   Fitoussi, Frederic ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^b   Tugrul, Murat ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

ermTR; Group A streptococci; Macrolide resistance; mefA; Resistance phenotype

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIDECAMYCIN; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EUROPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURKEY;

EID: 0036890708     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00241-8     Document Type: Article

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