Molecular mechanisms of tetracycline and macrolide resistance and emm characterization of streptococcus pyogenes isolates in Tunisia

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Hraoui, Manel ^a   Boubaker, Ilhem Boutiba Ben ^a   Doloy, Alexandra ^b   Redjeb, Saïda Ben ^a   Bouvet, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; PROTEIN ERM; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 80052236025     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2010.0160     Document Type: Article

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