Open AccessUpdate on Rifampin Resistance in the Legionellaceae
Author(s) -
Annerose Serr,
Barbara F. Koenig,
M. Heep,
Kaare Magne Nielsen,
Jette Bangsborg
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.45.7.2181-2182.2001
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , virology , ecology
A recent article described rpoB mutations in 18 rifampin-resistant variants of Legionella spp. ([4][1]). One of these 18 strains, isolate 8749, an in vitro-generated high-level rifampin-resistant (MIC ≥ 256 μg/ml) variant of K26, a susceptible clinical Legionella bozemanii isolate, was shown to
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