Genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus gallolyticus (Streptococcus bovis)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1646-1648

  Leclercq, Roland ^a,c   Huet, Corinne ^a   Picherot, Mélanie ^b   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^b,d   Poyart, Claire ^b,e  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^b Faculte de Medecine Necker   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AAD 6 GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APHA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 16244415843     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1646-1648.2005     Document Type: Article

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