Genomic analyses of DNA transformation and penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1397-1403

  Fani, Fereshteh ^a   Leprohon, Philippe ^a   Zhanel, George G ^b   Bergeron, Michel G ^a   Ouellette, Marc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2B; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2X; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84896842300     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01311-13     Document Type: Article

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