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Variation in selected regions of blaTEM genes and promoters in Haemophilus influenzae.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2005
Tristram Stephen G, Hawes Rebecca, Souprounov Juliana
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine if the TEM beta-lactamases of Haemophilus influenzae are TEM-1 or derivatives thereof and associated exclusively with the overlapping Pa/Pb promoters. METHODS: Single nucleotide specific PCR was used to discriminate the polymorphic nucleotides at positions 32 and 317 of the bla(TEM) genes of a collection of TEM-positive strains. RESULTS: All bla(TEM) genes were found to be bla(TEM-1) or...
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