Regulation of the erm(C) gene in staphylococci from reservoir with different usage of macrolides

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Jensen, Lars B ^a   Aarestrup, Frank M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE O 2' )METHYLTRANSFERASE; RRNA (ADENOSINE-O-2'-)METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TYLOSIN;

EID: 32944458369     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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