Identification of an erm(T) gene in strains of inducibly clindamycin-resistant group B Streptococcus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-193

  DiPersio, Linda P ^a   DiPersio, Joseph R ^a  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clindamycin resistance; erm(T); ermT; Group B Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33846391964     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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