Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates bearing macrolide resistance genes in association with integrase genes of conjugative transposons in Japan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 808-813

  Shiojima, T ^a   Fujiki, Y ^b   Sagai, H ^b   Iyobe, S ^c   Morikawa, A ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI KASEI PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposons; erm(B); Macrolides; mef(A); Resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASE; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROKITAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 25144447422     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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