Clonal spread of mef-positive macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive disease in adults in Germany

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1830-1834

  Van Der Linden, Mark ^a   Al Lahham, Adnan ^a,b   Haupts, Stefan ^a   Reinert, Ralf René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN JORDANIAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MEF PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOGRAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34248362698     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01453-06     Document Type: Article

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