Characterization of phenotypic and genotypic inducible macrolide resistance in staphylococci in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-597

  Emaneini, Mohammad ^a   Eslampour, M A ^a   Sedaghat, H ^a   Aligholi, M ^a   Jabalameli, F ^a   Shahsavan, S ^a   Taherikalani, M ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG USE; GENOTYPE; IRAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 75549087962     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2009.21.5.595     Document Type: Letter

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