Molecular Epidemiology of Penicillin-Susceptible Non-β -Lactam-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Greek Children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5633-5639

  Bogaert, D ^a   Hermans, P W M ^a,d   Grivea, I N ^b   Katopodis, G S ^b   Mitchell, T J ^c   Sluijter, M ^a   De Groot, R ^a   Beratis, N G ^b   Syrogiannopoulos, G A ^b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; MEF GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT END LABELING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETM GENE;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GREECE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0346848922     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5633-5639.2003     Document Type: Article

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