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Nomenclature for macrolide and macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance determinants.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 43 ·No. 12 ·1999-12-00 ·Pages 2823-30

Roberts MC, Sutcliffe J, Courvalin P, Jensen LB, Rood J, Seppala H

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MeSH Terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics Genes, Bacterial Lincosamides Macrolides Terminology as Topic Virginiamycin/pharmacology
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents Lincosamides Macrolides Virginiamycin
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Roberts M C
Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. marilynr@u.washington.edu
Sutcliffe J
Courvalin P
Jensen L B
Rood J
Seppala H
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.43.12.2823
Email
marilynr@u.washington.edu
Published
1999-12-00
Pages
2823-30
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC89572
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.43.12.2823 PMC Full Text View journal details
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