Distribution of a methicillin-resistance gene in urinary isolates of methicillin-resistant staphylococci examined by enzymatic detection of the polymerase chain reaction

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 329-333

  Sakumoto, Misao ^a,b   Matsumoto, Tetsuro ^a,b   Mochida, Osama ^a,b   Mizunoe, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Kumazawa, Joichi ^a,b   Nagayama, Ariaki ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mec A; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLOMOXEF; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029813352     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239463     Document Type: Article

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