Evaluation of the ability of erythromycin-resistant and -susceptible pharyngeal group A Streptococcus isolates from Spain to enter and persist in human keratinocytes

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1485-1489

  Oliver, Maria A ^a   García Rey, César ^b   Bosch, Rafael ^a   Albertí, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRTF1 GENE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYTOSOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHARYNX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 36448949361     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47203-0     Document Type: Article

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