Evolution of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from Asian countries that contains erm(B) and mef(A) genes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 739-747

  Kwan, Soo Ko ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMB GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACROLIDE EFFLUX A GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN;

ASIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; R FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3943085506     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/422156     Document Type: Article

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