Distribution of erm genes and low prevalence of inducible resistance to clindamycin among staphylococci isolates

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 564-568

  Coutinho, Vivian de Lima Spode ^a   Paiva, Rodrigo Minuto ^a   Reiter, Keli Cristine ^a   de Paris, Fernanda ^a   Barth, Afonso Luis ^a   Machado, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erm genes; Macrolides; Resistance; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN; OXOID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ERMA GENE; ERMB GENE; ERMC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MACROLIDES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79955959168     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(10)70113-6     Document Type: Article

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