Prevalence of tetracycline resistance genes in oral bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 878-882

  Villedieu, A ^a   Diaz Torres, M L ^a   Hunt, N ^b   McNab, R ^c   Spratt, D A ^a   Wilson, M ^a   Mullany, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GlaxoSmithline   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DRUG USE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TET GENE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADULT; BACTERIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 0037417032     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.3.878-882.2003     Document Type: Article

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