Resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin, ketolide, and oxazolidinone antibiotics

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-62

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketolide; Lincosamide; Macrolide; Oxazolidinone; Resistance; Streptogramin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DERIVATIVES; DISEASES; STRAIN;

KETOLIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; OXALIZODINONE; STREPTOGRAMIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KETOLIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; STREPTOGRAMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; REVIEW; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KETOLIDES; MACROLIDES; MUTATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; STREPTOGRAMINS;

EID: 21644438529     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:28:1:47     Document Type: Review

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