Analysis of mutations in the pbp genes of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci from Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-155

  Bicmen M ^a   Gülay, Zeynep ^a   Ramaswamy, S V ^b   Musher, D M ^b   Gur D ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

pbp mutations; Penicillin resistance; Penicillin non susceptible pneumococci; Sequence analysis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644879210     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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