Mutational analysis of reduced telithromycin susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated clinically in Japan

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Takaya, Akiko ^a   Kitagawa, Naomi ^a   Kuroe, Yukano ^a   Endo, Kikutarou ^b   Okazaki, Mitsuhiro ^c   Yokoyama, Eiji ^d   Wada, Akihito ^e   Yamamoto, Tomoko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ErmB; MefE; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Telithromycin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERMB PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; MEFE PROTEIN; MEL PROTEIN; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TELITHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; KETOLIDES; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77951962734     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01962.x     Document Type: Article

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