Group a streptococcus colonies from a single throat swab can have heterogeneous antimicrobial susceptibility patterns

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-298

  Vandevoorde, Aurélie ^a,b   Ascenzo, Sabrina ^a   Deyi, Veronique Yvette Miendje ^c   Mascart, Georges ^c   Mansbach, Anne Laure ^b   Landsberg, Marguerite ^b   Dreze, Pierre ^a   Steer, Andrew C ^d   Van Melderen, Laurence ^a   Smeesters, Pierre R ^a,e  

^a Faculté des Sciences   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Heterogeneous susceptibility; Horizontal gene transfer; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84876291578     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31827c9796     Document Type: Article

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