Differences between macrolide-resistant and -susceptible streptococcus pyogenes: Importance of clonal properties in addition to antibiotic consumption

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5661-5666

  Silva Costa, C ^a   Friaes A ^a   Ramirez, M ^a   Melo Cristino, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONE CELLS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84868007828     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01133-12     Document Type: Article

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