Fitness cost and impaired survival in penicillin-resistant Streptococcus gordonii isolates selected in the laboratory

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 337-339

  Haenni, Marisa ^a   Moreillon, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FITNESS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SERIAL PASSAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 37849043630     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00939-07     Document Type: Article

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