Presence of the tet M determinant in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2310-2312

  Ribera, Anna ^a   Ruiz, Joaquim ^a   Vila, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TET M; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TET M GENE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0038650980     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.7.2310-2312.2003     Document Type: Article

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