Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance phenotypes and genotypes among Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Japan

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-327

  Otsuka, Tatsuoy ^a,b   Zaraket, H ^b   Takano, T ^b   Saito, K ^b   Dohmae, S ^b   Higuchi, W ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b  

^a Division of Paediatrics   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clindamycin resistance; Double disk diffusion test; Erm (A); Erm (C); Macrolide resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247254995     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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