High prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Mutations in pbp1a, pbp2x, and pbp2b genes of penicillin-binding proteins in the nasopharynx in children in Japan

ORL

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Hotomi, Muneki ^a   Billal, Dewan S ^a   Shimada, Jun ^a   Suzumoto, Masaki ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuma ^a   Fujihara, Keiji ^a   Yamanaka, Noboru ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Penicillin binding protein; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR; CEFDITOREN; CEFPODOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33646113847     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091276     Document Type: Article

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