Genetic and Molecular Characterization of β-Lactamase-Negative Ampicillin-Resistant Haemophilus influenzae with Unusually High Resistance to Ampicillin

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1630-1639

  Kaczmarek, Frank S ^a   Gootz, Thomas D ^a   Dib Hajj, Fadia ^a   Shang, Wenchi ^a   Hallowell, Shawn ^a   Cronan, Melissa ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; BOCILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; KETOLIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; PENICILLIN G; SULOPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACRAB GENE; ACRB GENE; ACRR GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA LACTAMASE NEGATIVE AMPICILLIN RESISTANT HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FTSI GENE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRESSOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 2142827105     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.5.1630-1639.2004     Document Type: Article

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