Molecular detection of the macrolide efflux gene: to discriminate or not to discriminate between mef(A) and mef(E)

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Apr;49(4):1271-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1271-1278.2005.

Authors

Corné H W Klaassen¹, Johan W Mouton

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen 6532 SZ, The Netherlands. c.klaassen@cwz.nl

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteria / drug effects
Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
Bacterial Proteins / classification*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Base Sequence
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Humans
Macrolides / pharmacology*
Membrane Proteins / chemistry
Membrane Proteins / classification*
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Membrane Proteins / metabolism
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Macrolides
MefA protein, Streptococcus
MefE protein, Streptococcus pneumoniae
Membrane Proteins