Bacitracin-Resistant Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Pharyngitis Patients in Belgium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5282-5284

  Malhotra Kumar, Surbhi ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Lammens, Christine ^a   Chapelle, Sabine ^a   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACITRACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; EMM28 GENE; ERMB GENE; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BELGIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0242509091     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5282-5284.2003     Document Type: Article

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