Characterization of in vitro-generated and clinical optochin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Argentina

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1930-1934

  Cortes, Paulo R ^a   Albarracín Orio, Andrea G ^a   Regueira, Mabel ^b   Piñas, Germán E ^a   Echenique, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; QUININE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERIAL PASSAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 45149093501     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02318-07     Document Type: Article

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