Serotypes and antibiotic resistance in group B streptococcus isolated from patients at the Maternity Hospital, Kuwait

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Boswihi, Samar S ^a   Udo, Edet E ^a   Al Sweih, Noura ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANT4 BACTERIAL GENE; ANT6 BACTERIAL GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APH3 BACTERIAL GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERMA BACTERIAL GENE; ERMB BACTERIAL GENE; ERMC BACTERIAL GENE; ERMM BACTERIAL GENE; ERMTR BACTERIAL GENE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEFA BACTERIAL GENE; MEFE BACTERIAL GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MSRA BACTERIAL GENE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TETK BACTERIAL GENE; TETL BACTERIAL GENE; TETM BACTERIAL GENE; TETO BACTERIAL GENE;

ADULT; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 83755207400     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.035477-0     Document Type: Article

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