Molecular epidemiology of macrolide and tetracycline resistances in commensal Gemella sp. isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1487-1490

  Zolezzi, Paula Cerdá ^a   Cepero, Pilar Goñi ^a   Ruiz, Joaquim ^b   Laplana, Leticia Millán ^a   Calvo, Carmen Rubio ^a,c   Gómez Lus, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ERM(B) GENE; GEMELLA; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MEF(E) GENE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MSR(A) GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TET(M) GENE; TET(O) GENE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 34247098757     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01374-06     Document Type: Article

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