Conjugative transfer of resistance determinants among human and bovine Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is a major source of human perinatal diseases and bovine mastitis. Erythromycin (Ery) and tetracycline (Tet) are usually employed for preventing human and bovine infections although resistance to such agents has become common among GBS strains. Ery and Tet resistance g...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Castro Abreu Pinto, Natália Silva Costa, Ana Beatriz de Almeida Corrêa, Ivi Cristina Menezes de Oliveira, Marcos Correa de Mattos, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Leslie Claude Benchetrit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000300004&lng=en&tlng=en