BRO -lactamase alleles, antibiotic resistance and a test of the BRO-1 selective replacement hypothesis in Moraxella catarrhalis | Zendy

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BRO -lactamase alleles, antibiotic resistance and a test of the BRO-1 selective replacement hypothesis in Moraxella catarrhalis

Author(s) -

Foster Levy,

Elaine S. Walker

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkh063

Subject(s) - moraxella catarrhalis , penicillin , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , moraxella (branhamella) catarrhalis , antibiotic resistance , genotype , population , streptococcus pneumoniae , antibiotics , genetics , demography , gene , sociology

The hypothesis that BRO-1 selectively replaced the BRO-2 isoform of the Moraxella catarrhalis BRO beta-lactamase was tested by examining the temporal distribution, antibiotic resistance and epidemiological characteristics of isolates from a long-term collection at a single locale.

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