Molecular characterization of group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility recurrently isolated from a sacral decubitus ulcer

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1326-1328

  Nagano, Noriyuki ^a,b   Kimura, Kouji ^a   Nagano, Yukiko ^a   Yakumaru, Hiroaki ^b   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Funabashi Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

lactams; Infection; MLST; PBP 2X alterations; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFDITOREN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFOZOPRAN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VALINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; BACK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PRESSURE ULCER; RECURRENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 76249117472     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp374     Document Type: Letter

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