Antimicrobial susceptibilities and distribution of resistance genes for β-lactams and macrolides in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated between 2002 and 2004 in Tokyo

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-33

  Noguchi, Norihisa ^a   Tano, Junko ^a   Nasu, Yutaka ^b   Koyama, Masaharu ^b   Narui, Koji ^a   Kamishima, Hajime ^b   Saito, Tetsuya ^b   Tsuyuki, Kazumitsu ^b   Sasatsu, Masanori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug resistance gene; Macrolides; Multidrug resistance; Penicillin binding protein; Penicillins; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Susceptibility; Tetracyclines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFCAPENE; CEFDITOREN; CEFOTIAM; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG METABOLITE; FROPENEM; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; PAZUFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PRULIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SITAFLOXACIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; ULIFLOXACIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMB GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; JAPAN; MEFA GENE; MEFB GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PBP1A GENE; PBP2B GEEN; PBP2X GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOKYO;

EID: 33845636460     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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