Detection of the aminoglycoside-streptothricin resistance gene cluster ant(6)-sat4-aph(3′)-III in commensal viridans group streptococci

International Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-60

  Cerdá, Paula ^a   Goñi, Pilar ^a   Millán, Leticia ^a   Rubio, Carmen ^a,b   Gómez Lus, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Lozano Blesa Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Resistance genes; Streptothricin; Viridans group streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 34147165064     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.8     Document Type: Article

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