Genotypic identification of erythromycin-resistant Campylobacter isolates as Helicobacter species and analysis of resistance mechanism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3732-3736

  Kuijper, Ed J ^a,d   Stevens, Servi ^a   Imamura, Toshihiro ^c   De Wever, Bob ^b   Claas, Eric C J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Center of Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEME DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CELLULITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER PULLORUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HELICOBACTER PULLORUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; WOLINELLA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 0042023370     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3732-3736.2003     Document Type: Article

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