Frequency and characterisation of spontaneous lipiarmycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis mutants selected in vitro

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-606

  Gualtieri, Maxime ^a   Tupin, Audrey ^a   Brodolin, Konstantin ^a   Leonetti, Jean Paul ^a  

^a University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIPIARMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO SELECTION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

EID: 70350619725     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.07.003     Document Type: Letter

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