Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and mef(A) in South Korea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5787-5791

  Waites, Ken B ^a,b,d   Jones, Kellie E ^b   Kim, Kyung Hyo ^a,c   Moser, Stephen A ^a,b   Johnson, Crystal N ^b   Hollingshead, Susan K ^b   Kang, Eun Suk ^c   Hong, Ki Sook ^c   Benjamin Jr , William H ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ERM B GENE; MEF A GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH KOREA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KOREA; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

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

EID: 0347479376     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5787-5791.2003     Document Type: Article

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