Persistence of erythromycin-resistant group A streptococci in cultured respiratory cells

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 880-883

  Spinaci, Cinzia ^a   Magi, Gloria ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erythromycin resistance; Group A streptococcus; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PRTF1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; LUNG; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749453242     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000238136.63851.4a     Document Type: Article

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