Genetic determinants and elements associated with antibiotic resistance in viridans group streptococci

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1197-1204

  Brenciani, Andrea ^a   Tiberi, Erika ^a   Tili, Emily ^a   Mingoia, Marina ^a   Palmieri, Claudio ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic elements; Genetic environments; Oral streptococci; Resistance determinants; Tn916 family transposons

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CRISTATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS VESTIBULARIS; THROAT CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TETRACYCLINE; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 84898469251     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt495     Document Type: Article

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