Cotrimoxazole resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and commensal streptococci from Kampala, Uganda

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-121

  Wilén, Maria ^a   Buwembo, William ^b   Sendagire, Hakim ^b   Kironde, Fred ^b   Swedberg, Göte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; PROLINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; COMMENSAL STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UGANDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; UGANDA;

EID: 58449084961     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802651889     Document Type: Article

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