Macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae strains collected in the Far East of Russia from 2000 to 2002 [1]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4906-

  Martynova, Alina V ^b   Turcutyuicov, Vyacheslav B ^a  

^a PACIFIC STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ERMB GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INHIBITION KINETICS; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 10744232417     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4906.2003     Document Type: Letter

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