Sulphonamide resistant commensal Neisseria with alterations in the dihydropteroate synthase can be isolated from carriers not exposed to sulphonamides

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-5

  Qvarnström, Yvonne ^a   Swedberg, Göte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; SULFONAMIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLONE; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUTH FLORA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 3342955378     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-34     Document Type: Article

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