Recovery of susceptibility to penicillin G in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae despite increased accumulation of pbp gene alterations

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 427-431

  Ohsaki, Yoshinobu ^a   Tachibana, Mineji ^a   Awaya, Toshio ^a   Kuroki, Masako ^a   Itoh, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macrolide resistance; Penicillin resistance; Penicillin binding protein; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ERMB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PBP GENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 53249134456     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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