Subinhibitory concentrations of penicillin increase the mutation rate to optochin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 973-977

  Cortes, Paulo R ^a   Piñas, Germán E ^a   Albarracin Orio, Andrea G ^a   Echenique, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mismatch repair system; Mutability; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN ATPAC; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PENICILLINS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; QUININE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 54549119376     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn322     Document Type: Article

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