Clostridium difficile erm(B)-containing elements and the burden on the in vitro fitness

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1461-1467

  Wasels, François ^a   Spigaglia, Patrizia ^a   Barbanti, Fabrizio ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONJUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GROWTH RATE; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO FITNESS; IN VITRO SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84881589637     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.057117-0     Document Type: Article

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