Genetic environment of the lnu(B) gene in a Streptococcus agalactiae clinical isolate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5636-5637

  Montilla, A ^a   Zavala, A ^a   Caceres Caceres R ^b   Cittadini, R ^c   Vay, C ^b,c   Gutkind, G ^a   Famiglietti, A ^b   Bonofiglio, L ^a   Mollerach, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Sanatorio Mater Dei   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PLEUROMUTILIN; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LNU(C) PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC SCREENING; LETTER; LNU (B) GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINCOSAMIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84906092506     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02630-14     Document Type: Letter

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