Comparison and transferability of the erm(B) genes between human and farm animal streptococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-302

  Martel, A ^a   Decostere, A ^a   De Leener, E ^a   Marien, M ^a   De Graef, E ^a   Heyndrickx, M ^b   Goossens, H ^c   Lammens, C ^c   Devriese, L A ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ERM GENE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 26444560621     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.295     Document Type: Article

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