Molecular mechanisms of high level tetracycline-resistance in group A streptococcal isolates, T serotypes 4 and 11

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-147

  Matsumoto, Masakado ^a,b   Sakae, Kenji ^a   Ohta, Michio ^b   Endo, Miyoko ^c   Okuno, Rumi ^c   Murayama, Shoko ^d   Hirasawa, Kyoko ^e   Suzuki, Rieko ^f   Isobe, Junko ^g   Tanaka, Daisuke ^g   Katsukawa, Chihiro ^h   Tamaru, Aki ^h   Tomita, Masaaki ⁱ   Ogata, Kikuyo ^j   Yasuoka, Tomihisa ^k   Ikebe, Tadayoshi ^l   Watanabe, Haruo ^l  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Department of Bacteriology   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^g TOYAMA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^h OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁱ Division of Biological Medicine   (Japan)

^j Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

^k The Public Health Institute of Kochi Prefecture   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Group A Streptococcus (GAS); tet gene; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 19944433863     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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