Multiple-clones of streptococcus agalactiae harbouring lnuB gene

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 580-582

  Faccone, Diego ^a   Ialonardi, Florencia ^a   Abel, Sofia ^a   Machain, Monica ^b   Errecalde, Laura ^c   Littvik, Ana ^d   Kauffman, Sara ^c   Galas, Marcelo ^a   Corso, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HIGA Hospital 'Dr Abraham Piñeyro ^*  (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^d Hospital 'Dr Guillermo Rawson ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INUB GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 78049472068     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.941     Document Type: Article

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