High prevalence of erythromycin resistance and macrolide-resistance genes, mefA and ermB, in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from the upper respiratory tracts of children in the Sapporo district, Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Harimaya, Atsushi ^a   Yokota, Shin Ichi ^a   Sato, Kiyoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Norikazu ^a   Himi, Tetsuo ^a   Fujii, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Drug resistance; ermB; Erythromycin; mefA; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROTEIN ERMB; PROTEIN MEFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 34548182506     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0528-5     Document Type: Article

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