Tetracycline resistance in group A streptococci: Emergence on a global scale and influence on multiple-drug resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1865-1868

  Ayer, Vanessa ^a   Tewodros, Wezenet ^a,b   Manoharan, Anand ^a,c   Skariah, Sini ^a   Luo, Feng ^a   Bessen, Debra E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b West Indies   (Saint Lucia)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 34248382843     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01341-06     Document Type: Article

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