Article
Correlation between antibiotic resistance, phage-like particle presence, and virulence in Rhodococcus equi human isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1994
Nordmann P, Keller M, Espinasse F, Ronco E
Abstract excerpt
Rhodococcus equi is a gram-positive coccobacillus that appears to be emerging as a pulmonary pathogen in AIDS patients. In four human clinical isolates, two antibiotic resistance phenotypes were found to coexist: one beta-lactam resistant and the other beta-lactam susceptible. In vitro, beta-lact...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Actinomycetales Infections
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteriophages
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Female
- Humans
- Lactams
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Rhodococcus equi
- Virulence