Molecular epidemiology of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a university hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 718-723

  Pinar, A ^a   Koseoglu O ^a   Yenisehirli G ^a   Sener B ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BOX PCR; Multidrug resistance; pbp; Penicillin resistance; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 4544358050     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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