Plasmid-borne erm(T) from invasive, macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1140-1143

  Woodbury, Robyn L ^a   Klammer, Kathryn A ^b   Xiong, Yang ^b   Bailiff, Timothy ^a   Glennen, Anita ^b   Bartkus, Joanne M ^b   Lynfield, Ruth ^b   Van Beneden, Chris ^a   Beall, Bernard W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; ERM GENE; HOST RANGE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549132528     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01352-07     Document Type: Article

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