Intrinsic macrolide resistance of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is inducible

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2560-2562

  Andini, Nadya ^a   Nash, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; HMR 3004; KETOLIDE; MACROLIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERM GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KETOLIDES; MACROLIDES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745595381     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00264-06     Document Type: Article

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