A dyadic plasmid that shows MLS and PMS resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-96

  Matsuoka, Mayumi ^a   Endou, Kikutarou ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^b   Nakajima, Yoshinori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

erm; lincosamide; macrolide; msr; Staphylococcus aureus; streptogramin B

Indexed keywords

LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MYCINAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MACROLIDES; OLEANDOMYCIN; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0031105407     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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