Erythromycin-resistant group A streptococcal isolates collected between 2000 and 2005 in Oahu, Hawaii, and their emm types

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2497-2499

  Erdem, Guliz ^a   Ford, Jacqueline ^a   Johnson, Dwight ^b   Abe, Lucienne ^a   Yamaga, Karen ^a   Kaplan, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EMM GENE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UNITED STATES;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAWAII; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 18544384116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2497-2499.2005     Document Type: Article

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