Antibiotic susceptibility according to genotype of penicillin-binding protein and macrolide resistance genes, and serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from community-acquired pneumonia in children

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 756-760

  Chiba, Naoko ^a   Kobayashi, Reiko ^a   Hasegawa, Keiko ^a   Morozumi, Miyuki ^a   Nakayama, Eiichi ^a,b   Tajima, Takeshi ^b   Iwata, Satoshi ^c,d   Ubukata, Kimiko ^a   Endo, Hiroko ^e   Takayanagi, Reiko ^e   Numata, Mika ^e   Ishizawa, Shinobu ^e   Sunakawa, Keisuke ^f   Oishi, Tomohiro ^f   Ohnari, Shigeru ^g   Kawamura, Naohisa ^h   Kuroki, Haruo ⁱ   Sakai, Ritsuko ^j   Nitta, Masahiko ^k   Morinobu, Takao ^k   Shimizu, Koichi ^l   more..

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hakujikai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Nakafukawa Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^h OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Nagatsu kai Saitoh Hospital   (Japan)

^j Sakai Clinic   (Japan)

^k OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^l Saiseikai Ibaraki Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance genes; PBPs; Respiratory tract infections; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27144559589     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki302     Document Type: Article

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