Determination of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from southern Brazil by PCR

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-115

  Zettler, Eduardo Walker ^a,b   Scheibe, Rosane Machado ^a   Dias, Cícero A G ^c   Santafé, Patrícia ^a   Santos, Diógenes Santiago ^a   Moreira, José Da Silva ^b   Fritscher, Carlos Cezar ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Molecular diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AGAR; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32844459462     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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