Prevalence of resistance mechanisms against macrolides and lincosamides in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the Czech Republic and occurrence of an undefined mechanism of resistance to lincosamides

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3586-3589

  Novotna, Gabriela ^a   Adamkova, Václava ^b   Janata, Jiri ^a   Melter, Oto ^c   Spizek, Jaroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINUPRISTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ERMA GENE; ERMC GENE; LINA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MSRA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 23044476529     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.8.3586-3589.2005     Document Type: Article

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