Detection of tet(M), tet(O) and tet(S) in tetracycline/minocycline-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes bacteraemia isolates

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 118-119

  Hammerum, Anette M ^a   Nielsen, Hans Ulrik K ^a   Agersø, Yvonne ^b   Ekelund, Kim ^a   Frimodt Moller, Niels ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; PFGE; T typing

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0347287018     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh043     Document Type: Letter

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