PCR screening for the N526K substitution in isolates of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2255-2258

  Witherden, Elizabeth A ^a   Kunde, Dale ^a   Tristram, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

lactamase negative ampicillin resistance; FtsI; PBP3

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS HAEMOLYTICUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

FTSI; PBP3; Β-LACTAMASE-NEGATIVE AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84888779863     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt189     Document Type: Article

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