Macrolide-resistant genes of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from the upper respiratory tract by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-120

  Billal, Dewan S ^a   Hotomi, Muneki ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuma ^a   Fujihara, Keiji ^a   Tamura, Shinji ^a   Kuki, Kiyonori ^a   Sugita, Rinya ^b   Endou, Miyoko ^c   Mukaigawa, Jun ^c   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a  

^a Dept of Otolaryngol Hd/Neck Surg ^*  (Japan)

^b Sugita ENT Clinic   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Macrolide; PCR; PFGE; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

APAI ENDONUCLEASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; SMAI ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ERMB GENE; ERMTR GENE; GENE; MEFA GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 2342641584     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0302-x     Document Type: Article

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