Detection of mutations conferring resistance to linezolid in Enterococcus spp. by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3421-3423

  Werner, Guido ^b   Bartel, Melanie ^a   Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Essig, Andreas ^a   Klare, Ingo ^b   Witte, Wolfgang ^b   Poppert, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 35348819452     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00179-07     Document Type: Article

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