Evidence for tetracycline resistance determinant tet(M) allele replacement in a Streptococcus pneumoniae population of limited geographical origin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Dzieranowska Fangrat, Katarzyna ^a   Semczuk, Katarzyna ^a   Górska, Paulina ^b   Giedrys Kalemba, Stefania ^c   Kochman, Maria ^b   Samet, Alfred ^d   Tyski, Stefan ^e   Dzieranowska, Danuta ^a   Trzciński, Krzysztof ^b,f  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d Public Hospital No 1   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Streptococcus pneumoniae; tet(M); Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLELES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLAND; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 31344433227     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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