Prevalence of mef and ermB genes in invasive pediatric erythromycin- resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Argentina

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Corso, A ^a   Faccone, D ^a   Galia C ^a   Gagetti, P ^a   Rodriguez M ^a   Pace, J ^a   Regueira, M ^a  

^{a *}  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Erm; Macrolide; Mef; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERMB GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEF GENE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 65249133015     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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