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Molecular Analysis of PBP1A in Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Clinical and Normal Flora Samples in Tehran, Iran: A Multicenter Study.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Ahmadi Ali, Yaghoubi Sajad, Irajian GholamReza
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of high-level penicillin resistance in pneumococcal isolates has seriously complicated the treatment of pneumococcal infections in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine the serotype, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular typing, and genetic analysis of the penicillin-binding protein 1a (pbp1a) gene in pneumococcal isolates with high-level resistance to penicillin in Tehran,...
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