Occurrence and characteristics of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in three major Brazilian states

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-320

  Mendonça Souza, Cláudia R V ^a   Carvalho, Maria Da Glória S ^a,d   Barros, Rosana R ^a   Dias, Cícero A ^b   Sampaio, Jorge Luiz M ^c   Castro, Angela C D ^a   Facklam, Richard R ^d   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fundaao Faculdade Federal de Ciencias Medicas de Porto Alegre e Centro de Neuroendocrinologia   (Brazil)

^c Fleury   (Brazil)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; ERMB GENE; GENOTYPE; MEF GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TET GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11844295402     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2004.10.313     Document Type: Article

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