Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Niger
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Patients and Isolates
2.2. Antibiotics Susceptibility Testing
2.3. Multi Locus Sequence Typing
2.4. In Silico Detection of Tetracycline Resistance Determinants
Tetracycline and Chloramphenicol Resistance Genes
2.5. Carrier Transposons
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
Ethics Statement
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Ousmane, S.; Diallo, B.A.; Ouedraogo, R. Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Niger. Antibiotics 2018, 7, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7010019
Ousmane S, Diallo BA, Ouedraogo R. Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Niger. Antibiotics. 2018; 7(1):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7010019
Chicago/Turabian StyleOusmane, Sani, Bouli A. Diallo, and Rasmata Ouedraogo. 2018. "Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Niger" Antibiotics 7, no. 1: 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7010019
APA StyleOusmane, S., Diallo, B. A., & Ouedraogo, R. (2018). Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates from Niger. Antibiotics, 7(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7010019