Prevalence of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes collected in Serbia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-276

  Pavlovic, Ljiljana ^a   Grego, Edita ^a   Sipetic Grujicic, Sandra ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERMA PROTEIN; ERMB PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MEFA PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SERBIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SERBIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 77954963828     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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